WASHINGTON, March 10 Kyodo U pro...

WASHINGTON, March 10 Kyodo

U proxy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Wednesday it would be difficult for the members of the six-party talks onward North Korea's nuclear ambitions to create a working assign places to by the end of this month

''I don't think we have a date for the working group'' Armitage told Kyodo just discovereds after delivering a speech in a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing. ''Probably not March -- that is a little quick.''

China, Japan, North and southern Korea, Russia and the United States held the next to the first round of the six-party talks in Beijing in succession Feb. 25-28 to essay to resolve the standoff throughout the North's nuclear programs.

The talks completioned without a breakthrough, only agreeing to continue the dialogue proces from holding the third round of talks by dint of June and creating a preparatory working group

Earlier this month in Beijing, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who chaired the other round of the six-party talks, indicated that China is making preparations to launch the working assign places to as early as this month

Armitage's remarks insinuate there remains the sharp rift between the U and North Korea forward how to resolve the nuclear standoff.

Armitage said he held talks Tuesday with visiting Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo onward the working group in a bid to pres ahead the six-party talks.

''We discussed organizing ourselves in the working clump then to prepare for the meeting before the cessation of the second quarter of the year,'' Armitage said.

''We are happy that CVID (complete verifiable, irreversible dismantlement) is in succession the table for all the members and we apply the mind forward to the nearest talks,'' he said.

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