China, North Korea and the United States will hold one-on-one meetings Saturday morning, press center of the Chinese delegation said in Beijing Saturday.

The six-party talks, which also involve the South Korea, Russia and Japan, entered into the 12th day Saturday. Negotiators are still striving to narrow the differences over the peaceful solution of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

US chief negotiator Christopher Hill told reporters Friday evening that the US talks with the North Korea reached "little progress" and the US delegation will meet with the North Korea and Chinese counterparts on Saturday in a bid to push forward the process.

On Friday morning, deputy negotiator of the North Korea Ri Gun and his US counterpart Joseph DeTrani had a one-hour bilateral meeting, focusing on such issues as the North Korea's peaceful use of nuclear energy and the scope of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. But the two sides failed to narrow their differences.

The ending date of the current round of talks, which resumed on July 26 after a 13-month delay, still remains unknown. The last round of the six-party talks was held in Beijing in June, 2004.

(Xinhua News Agency August 6, 2005)