BEIJING, Aug. 4(Xinhuanet)-- The fourth round of the six-party talks will continue on Friday, spokesman of the Chinese delegation Qin Gang said here Thursday.

"There is no sign of a breakdown of the current talks," he said at a news briefing.

Qin said it was quite common that the participants had differences during the negotiation, but all the negotiators managed to listen to the other sides calmly.

The six parties had deepened mutual understanding over the pastdays, which was"the biggest achievement" of the fourth round of the talks compared with the previous three rounds, the spokesman said.

The negotiators had exchanged views on the key issues,"which itself is a progress," he added.

The six parties have held 72 bilateral consultations since the current round of talks started on July 26, which exceeded the total number of bilateral meetings held during the previous three rounds.

Qin said the Chinese delegation had 14 one-on-one consultations with the Untied States, 11 with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, seven with Japan, six with Russia and four with the Republic of Korea.

The spokesman did not disclose the contents of the draft common document proposed by the Chinese delegation, which all the parties involved have been discussing over the past few days.

"The six-party talks is a process and there is a long way to goto realize denulcearization of the Korean Peninsula, which requires unremitting efforts," he said. Enditem