The delegations of the US and North Korea held their third one-on-one meeting Thursday morning, attempting to narrow their differences in the ongoing talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.  

The outcome of the US-North Korea bilateral consultations is widely believed to have an impact, to a large extent, on the development of the current round of six-party talks, which also involves China, South Korea, Russia and Japan.

The US delegation head Christopher Hill and his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye-gwan first held a 75-minute meeting at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Monday before the start of the multinational talks.

They met again Tuesday in long discussions, which the Americans described as "good" and "businesslike."

(Xinhua News Agency July 28, 2005)