South Korean top negotiator reaches Beijing for nuclear talks
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-23 10:13

Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Song Min-soon, head of the ROK delegation, arrived in Beijing Saturday morning to attend the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue scheduled to open next Tuesday.

Song Min-soon, accompanied by several other officials, left the Incheon Intentional Airport for Beijing earlier Saturday, reported the South Korean Yonhap News Agency.

Song Min-soon (C), South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister and top negotiator for the six-party, arrives at Beijing airport July 23, 2005.[Reuters]

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) delegation arrived in Beijing Friday afternoon.

While the US chief delegate to the talks and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia-Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill is to arrive in Beijing on Sunday, said Yonhap.

The Japanese and Russian delegations will fly to Beijing on Sunday and Monday, respectively.

Song Min-soon (C), South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister and top negotiator for the six-party talks, departs for Beijing from an airport in Inchon, west of Seoul, July 23, 2005. [Reuters]

The fourth round of the six-party nuclear talks is scheduled to open on next Tuesday, but parties concerned did not set a time limit for the talks.

The first round of the six-party talks was held in Beijing in August 2003. The multilateral meeting had been stalled when the fourth round of the talks failed to be convened as scheduled.

The DPRK announced on July 9 it will rejoin the six-party talks in the last week of the month.

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