Russian chief negotiator Alexander Alexeyev returned to Beijing Thursday to participate in the longest-ever six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.?

At Beijing's international airport, Alexeyev denied any "crisis" in the ongoing six-party talks and said "We will try our best to make the talks successful."

 

The six-nation negotiation might still last "one or two days," said the Russian deputy foreign minister.

 

The fourth round of six-party talks, involving China, the US, Russia, Japan, South and North Korea, inched into its tenth day today.

 

All sides are striving to forge a common document, which will set basic principles for resolving the nuclear issue.

 

Alexeyev arrived in Beijing on July 25 to attend the six-party talks and left for Moscow on July 30 to deal with certain "domestic issues."

 

(Xinhua News Agency August 4, 2005)