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Nuclear talks before mid-November

SEOUL: The next round of the six-party talks on nuclear issue in the Korean Peninsula is expected to open before mid-November, South Korean top negotiator to the talks said on Tuesday. ``The six-party talks will likely reopen before the middle of next month,'' Song Min-soon, South Korean deputy Foreign Minister, said. ``Participants will have to tackle a number of issues, such as the dismantling of North Korea [Democratic People's Republic of Korea]'s nuclear weapons programme, economic aid and normalisation of diplomatic relations, before addressing the construction of new light-water reactors in North Korea,'' said Mr. Song. His remarks came one day after North Korea confirmed it would return to the talks in early November as scheduled. On September 19, China, the DPRK, the U.S., Russia, South Korea and Japan adopted a statement, agreeing to reopen the talks in early November.

— Xinhua

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