By RIA Novosti
Beijing : The sixth round of six-party talks on North Korea’s de-nuclearisation will resume in Beijing Sep 27, a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday.
The talks, involving China, Japan, Russia, the US and the two Koreas, had been postponed for undisclosed reasons earlier this week on Pyongyang’s request.
“As a result of an agreement among all parties, the second stage of the sixth round of the talks will be held in Beijing Sep 27-30,” Jiang Yu said.
The talks are expected to finalise a timeline for the second stage of the de-nuclearisation of North Korea which will require Pyongyang to shut down all its nuclear facilities.
Under a Feb 2007 agreement, in exchange for North Korea’s de-nuclearisation and information on all its nuclear programmes, the reclusive state will receive 950,000 tonnes of fuel oil for its thermal power-generating plants in addition to 50,000 already delivered.