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Nuke talks end without disarmament deadline
2007-07-20 02:15:54 Xinhua English


Russian envoy Vladimir Rakhmanin, left, South Korean envoy Chun Yung-woo, second from left, North Korea's envoy Kim Kye Gwan, third from left, China's envoy Wu Dawei, center, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill, second from right, and Japanese enovy Kenichiro Sasae, right stand together during a closing statement at the end of another round of six party talks in Beijing, Friday, July 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Diego Azubel, Pool)

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The Six-Party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue ended here Friday with a schedule for next round of negotiation, but without a disarmament deadline.

Delegates attending the meeting decided to convene in early September for another round of Six Party talks and the five working groups would meet by the end of August to discuss technical details concerning the disablement of the nuclear facilities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Wu Dawei, head of the Chinese delegation to the Six-Party talks, representing the other five parties -- Japan, Russia, the United States, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK), announced a press communique as a chairman's statement concluding the two-and-half days of session.

The parties reiterated that they will "earnestly fulfill their commitments" in the landmark Sept. 2005 Joint Statement and the Feb. 13 agreement brokered this year taken as a initial action to implement the 2005 statement, says the press communique.

It says the DPRK reiterated that it will "earnestly implement its commitments to a complete declaration of all nuclear programs and disablement of all existing nuclear facilities.

Economic, energy and humanitarian assistance up to the equivalent of 950,000 tons of heavy fuel oil will provided to the DPRK, it says.

All parties undertook to fulfill their respective obligations as listed in the Joint Statement and February agreement in line with the principle of "action for action", stated the communique.

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