All delegations arrive for six-party talks

时间：2006-12-18 00:25:57

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Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, speaks to the media in a hotel lobby after arriving in Beijing on December 17, 2006, ahead of the six-party talks.
 
Dec.17 - With the arrival of U.S. and Japanese delegations2 on Sunday afternoon, all the five foreign delegations have converged3 in Beijing for the second phase of the fifth-round six-party talks.

 

Before the talks to be formally launched on Monday morning, the six delegations are expected to hold several bilateral4 consultations5 later on Sunday, making final preparations for the Monday's resumption.

 

Both the U.S. and Japanese sides will hold bilateral talks with China, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Russia, respectively, later on Sunday.

 

The DPRK (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) needs to get serious about the denuclearization issue, said U.S. chief negotiator Christopher Hill upon his arrival.

 

"If they want to get out of the sanctions, they should denuclearize," Hill added.

 

Hill and his delegation1 came by the same plane with the Japanese delegation which is headed by Kenichiro Sasae, director-general for Asian and Oceanian Affairs of Japanese Foreign Ministry6.

 

Before arriving in Beijing, Hill and Sasae had talks in Tokyo on Saturday, and the two sides agreed that the fate of the upcoming multilateral talks depends on whether the DPRK takes concrete steps for denuclearization.

 

"It is important that through this round of talks the DPRK will make a concrete step towards denuclearization," said Sasae when arriving at hotel.

 

"In order to reach this goal, Japan will do its best and take suitable policies to attend the talks," Sasae added.

 

The Russian delegation arrived in Beijing on Sunday morning and the delegations from DPRK and ROK have arrived here Saturday.

 

Launched in 2003, the six-party talks have been held for five rounds. However, the talks have remained on hold since the DPRK walked out of the negotiations7 more than a year ago in response to U.S. sanctions.

 

Over the past 13 months, the parties concerned have been engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activities in order to resume the talks.

 

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1 delegation NxvxQ     
n.代表团；派遣
参考例句：
  • The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
  • We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
2 delegations 13b3ac30d07119fea7fff02c12a37362     
n.代表团( delegation的名词复数 )；委托，委派
参考例句：
  • In the past 15 years, China has sent 280 women delegations abroad. 十五年来，中国共派280批妇女代表团出访。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • The Sun Ray decision follows the federal pattern of tolerating broad delegations but insisting on safeguards. “阳光”案的判决仿效联邦容许广泛授权的做法，但又坚持保护措施。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
3 converged 7de33615d7fbc1cb7bc608d12f1993d2     
v.（线条、运动的物体等）会于一点( converge的过去式 )；（趋于）相似或相同；人或车辆汇集；聚集
参考例句：
  • Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
  • People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 bilateral dQGyW     
adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的
参考例句：
  • They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
  • There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
5 consultations bc61566a804b15898d05aff1e97f0341     
n.磋商（会议）( consultation的名词复数 )；商讨会；协商会；查找
参考例句：
  • Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
7 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过
参考例句：
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

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