The Russian delegation to the Beijing six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue is scheduled to meet on Thursday respectively with the delegations of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States, sources in Beijing told Xinhua.

Delegations from China, the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia, and Japan began the six-party talks in Beijing Wednesday morning.

The talks are scheduled to end Friday.

(Xinhua News Agency August 28, 2003)