Chinese chief negotiator Wu Dawei said in Beijing Sunday he believed the six parties would one day reach an agreement on the common document for the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

Wu, also Chinese vice foreign minister, said at a press conference after the chief negotiators' meeting that he could not say for sure when the six parties would reach the agreement.

"I can neither ensure the six parties will reach the agreement after the fourth round of talks resumes" late this month.

"But I believe that one day they will reach the agreement."

After 13 days of intensive negotiation, the six parties decided to take a recess and to meet again in the week beginning Aug. 29.  

(Xinhua News Agency August 7, 2005)