Russia is satisfied with the draft joint document submitted by
China on Saturday, host and chair of the ongoing six-party talks on
nuclear issues, said top Russian envoy Alexander Losyukov on
Sunday, noting "It is a good one."
Losyukov said some delegations still have some differences on
the timing of follow-up actions to be taken. "If these differences
could be solved, a joint document was likely to be passed. If not
so, the parties had to revise the draft or to issue a chairmen
statement," he said.
Without elaborating on details of the draft document, the
Russian envoy said he is doubtful about the completion of the
disablement of North Korea's nuclear facilities by the end of this
year, saying such disablement was very complicated technical
work.
The current session of the six-party talks was scheduled to run
from September 27 to 30. The talks attended by China, the US, North
and South Korea, Russia and Japan, were first initiated in August
2003.
(Xinhua News Agency September 30, 2007)
