The six-party talks ended the second plenary session at
Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Thursday afternoon, a Chinese official
with the six-party talks press office confirmed.
Liu Jianchao, member of the Chinese delegation at the talks and
deputy director-general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Information
Department, is expected to give a press briefing later
Thursday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States
delegations reportedly had a one-on-one meeting again amidst the
ongoing six-party talks Thursday.
However, a spokesperson with the US Embassy in China refused to
give official confirmation about the meeting.
(Xinhua News Agency February 26, 2004)