Diplomats from China and the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea met in Beijing Monday to discuss the Korean nuclear
issue.??
Shen Guofang, assistant foreign minister of China, met with Li
Gun, head of the DPRK delegation to the working group of the six-
party talks on the DPRK nuclear issue.
Prior to the meeting, Ning Fukui, ambassador for the Korean
Peninsula of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, held working
consultations with Li, who is also deputy director-general of the
American Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, and exchanged
views on related issues.
The first and second working group meetings were held in Beijing
in May and June and forged new steps for the goal of
denuclearization on Korean Peninsula.
(Xinhua News Agency August 17, 2004)
