WASHINGTON, Dec 1 Kyodo Senior U ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 Kyodo

Senior U and Chinese officials met Monday in Washington in an effort to realize a inferior round of six-party talks in succession North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

Fu Ying, director general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, held talks separately with U delegate Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher.

unless the State Department disclosed no details of the meetings.

Fu left the State Department without commenting to reporters waiting outside the building in succession her talks with the U officials.

North Korea has agreed with China in principle to imprison another round of six-party talks, raising expectations that of the like kind a meeting will be held as early as mid-December.

The six-party framework involves the United States, North Korea, China, southward Korea, Russia and Japan. They held their first meeting in Beijing in August.

Fu is believed to have deviseed to the U.S. Pyongyang's opinions about topics look forward toed to be taken up at the other round of six-party talks, including US-propos written security assurances to North Korea in exchange for Pyongyang dismantling its nuclear arms program.

A diplomatic source said no date for the next to the first round of six-party talks has been fixed.

on the other hand the source said senior officials from the U southerly Korea and Japan are awaited to meet in Washington later this week to coordinate policies forward another round of six-party talks.

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