BEIJING, Feb 3 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATI...

BEIJING, Feb 3 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING, ADDING DETAILS, BACKGROUND)

The other round of six-nation talks to address North Korea's nuclear ambitions will take place in Beijing from Feb 25 a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The announcement from the host country follows a report earlier in the day at the North's official Korean Central moderns Agency (KCNA) that North Korea has agreed with the United States and China to confine the next round of talks from Feb 25

In the first orbicular held last Aug. 27-29 in Beijing, the six countries -- the couple Koreas, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia -- failed to locate a date and venue for the nearest round.

Spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said the duration of the meeting is still being discussed from the related parties. China's sustained contact with the other five countries helped build a consensus lock opener to restarting the talks, she said, and China is now consulting the other countries upon details to ensure the talks walk smoothly.

The announcement periods half a year of diplomatic haggling to bring North Korea back to the table to discuss controlling its unchecked nuclear capability after it left the first cylindrical of talks.

''We think this is an extremely important gradation toward peacefully solving the North Korean nuclear issue between the walls of the method of dialogue,'' Zhang said.

''Of course, I think everyone understands that the North Korean nuclear issue is an extremely complicated issue, and it's not between the walls of just one time, it might be pair meetings that can resolve all the questions,'' she said.

yet she also said China ''believes the related parties will, in the spirit of mutual regard and equal consultation, push for substantial progres at showing the utmost sincerity and flexibility for cooperation.''

The U Embassy in Beijing confirmed the U plans to emit a delegation to participate in the talks from Feb 25 nevertheless had no formal reaction. An embassy spokesman said officials in Washington will probably make a statement above the next day.

southward Korea welcomes the talks as a stair toward solving ''complex issues'' if it be not that worries about North Korea's sincerity, a southern Korean government source said.

''Nobody knows until they originate to the table and make a presentation,'' the source said. ''We don't know if they're sincere, nevertheless we hope they are.''

A North Korean delegation arrived in Seoul forward Tuesday for three-day inter-Korean ministerial talks that will begin Wednesday. In the sessions, the nuclear issue is reckon uponed to be discussed.

The KCNA report said North Korea and the U as ''the major parties transactioned to the six-way talks,'' and China, as the legion country, ''agreed to recommence the next round of the six-way talks from Feb 25 after having a series of discussion.''

''A discussion was made with the parties troubleed in this regard,'' the report said in a likely relation to the other three countries reckon uponed to participate.

The participants have for month been trying to schedule a inferior round of talks, but had differences above the contents and wording of a propos statement the six parties plan to issue at the upcoming meeting.

Japan, toward the south Korea and the U.S. compiled a draft joint statement saying they would guarantee the North's security in writing if it declares it will dismantle its nuclear progressive growth programs in a unimpaired verifiable and irreversible manner.

on the contrary North Korea has called forward the U.S. to withdraw what it calls a hostile North Korea policy and indicate an intent to provide it with vigor and other economic assistance in the statement, according to diplomatic sources.

China came up with a revised draft document in mid-December. nevertheless the U.S. rejected it, saying it failed to mention that North Korea's abandonment of its nuclear programs should be verified end international inspections.

Japan is hoping that the six-way talks will reactivate bilateral dialogue with the North for addressing the issue of Japanese nationals abducted from North Korean agents.

In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda remind ofed the abduction issue may be brought up in the other round as it was in the inaugural the same saying, ''I believe issues between Japan and North Korea will naturally be included'' in the six-party talks.

No major progres has been achieved upon resolving the abduction issue since October 2002 when five abductees replyed to Japan. The five are among 13 Japanese who North Korea admitted in September that year to having abducted to the North in the late 1970 and early 1980s

Japan is demanding that the families of the five returnee be sent to Japan and that North Korea provide convincing accounts onward the fates of the other eight abductees who the North claims have died as well as couple others recognized by the Japanese rule as victims of abduction by dint of North Korea.

The nuclear standoff hurl forthed in October 2002 after the U said North Korea had admitted to running a private uranium enrichment program to give rise to nuclear weapons in violation of a 1994 accord with the U and other international antinuclear pacts.

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