Participants will have to tackle a number of issues, such as the dismantling of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)'s nuclear weapons program, economic aid and normalization of diplomatic relations, before addressing the construction of new light-water reactors in North Korea, |
Since the resumption of the talks, all parties have held a series of one-on-one meetings to be acquainted with each other's position, ... In the following step, the parties will continue to hold bilateral consultations according to their needs. |
Since we are at a critical stage, we will make efforts to produce good results through contacts and consultations with each party, |
Since we do not have a set date, we will continue negotiations to coordinate each party's interests with the draft that has been proposed, |
The six countries are now on the same boat heading to the same designated port and no country should fall back, and even one straggler will get us nowhere |
The six-party talks will likely reopen before the middle of next month, |
The statement also opens a door for the DPRK to further involve into the international community |
There will be intensive consultations in this round of the six-party talks, |
This has opened the way for us to write our history in our own way, |
try and bring out good results. |
We are at an important crossroad, ... We're at the point of whether to accept it (the draft) or not, not to discuss it further, |
We are negotiating how to expedite the process toward dismantlement, |
We are not doing this under a set time frame, so we will continue negotiations to coordinate each party's interest given the draft we have now, |
We compared North Korea's thoughts with ours, ... There are similar points as well as different points. |
We have opened the window of opportunity for the DPRK to have a light-water reactor in the future, |