WASHINGTON, April 23 Kyodo U Secr...

WASHINGTON, April 23 Kyodo

U Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing through the whole extent of the phone Wednesday after the United States, North Korea and China extreme pointed the first day of their three-day talks in Beijing forward Pyongyang's suspected nuclear arms programs, a State Department official said.

The official did not divulge the details of the telephone conversation, on the other hand Powell and Li are believed to have discussed for what cause to proceed with the talks, based in succession the results of the first session.

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher, meanwhile, told reporters that the three countries explained their respective positions in succession the nuclear issue during the talks.

After the session, which began Wednesday morning and perioded in the late afternoon, the U delegation l by means of Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly briefed Japanese and toward the south Korean diplomats in Beijing onward its outcome, Boucher said.

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the U North Korea and China will continue discussions in Beijing.

''We will allow the discussions to continue and diocese what exactly comes abroad of them,'' Fleischer said. ''I remind you this is the initial phase of them.''

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