Senior diplomats are gathering in Beijing to thrash out the next move in the long-running mission to end the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s nuclear ambitions.
The US envoy, Christopher Hill, said they will focus on verifying claims made by Pyongyang last month in a declaration of its nuclear programme.
The account is thought to give details of the DPRK's plutonium production. The talks between delegates from both Koreas, Russia, the US, China and Japan are resuming after a nine-month delay.
They stalled after the DPRK missed a December 2007 deadline to provide the declaration of its programme. "Our hope is to produce a verification regime that will lay out the rules for the road," Mr Hill told reporters.
He said delegates needed to arrange interviews with the DPRK’s officials and visits to nuclear sites, adding that verification could take months.
BBC/VOVNews
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