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Fifth round of six-party talks from November 9

BEIJING: The fifth round of the six-party talks will begin on November 9 in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan announced at a regular press conference here on Thursday.

Mr. Kong did not say how long the negotiation would last, but said that ``holding the talks by phases in the new round could have a better result'' as the chief negotiators of the six parties might also attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit slated for mid November in Pusan of the Republic of Korea (ROK).

The experience in the last round of the talks has proved that it is a ``good idea'' to hold the talks by phases, the spokesman added.

``We hope the participants in the new round of negotiation could have an in-depth exchange of views on the consensus reached in the last round,'' said Mr. Kong.

The six-party talks, aiming at resolving the nuclear issue in the Korean Peninsula, group China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan. The first round was held in August 2003 in Beijing.

— Xinhua

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