BEIJING, Aug. 26 Kyodo China held...

BEIJING, Aug. 26 Kyodo

China held talks with North Korea forward Tuesday on the eve of a six-nation interview on the North's nuclear ambitions as Pyongyang is reportedly ready to look after concessions on the issue.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not elaborate upon the two three-hour sessions, the final preparation between armed force China and North Korea for the six-nation talks which start Wednesday and also involve the United States, southern Korea, Japan and Russia.

In Pyongyang, a high-ranking North Korean diplomatic source told a Russian of recent origins agency the North is ready to conditionally ''search for a compromise'' onward the security issue. Itar-Tass dispatched the report from Pyongyang forward Tuesday.

But the source was also quot as saying that before any compromise is possible North Korea straits a clear signal that ''Washington is also ready to gradually temper its demands.''

The Russian report also quot the source as saying, ''An extremely good result of the Beijing consultations would be their planned completion and reaching an accord in succession a date of the nearest meeting.''

China has also held similar bilateral sessions with delegations from the other four participants and called for their cooperation to continue the six-nation talks after the planned first session fall of the curtains Friday.

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