Envoys to the six-party talks will gather in Beijing on Tuesday after a five-week recess, in a bid to negotiate for a peaceful solution to the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

 

Alexander Alexeyev, head of the Russian delegation, took the lead in arriving in Beijing, ahead of those from North Korea, the US, South Korea and Japan.

 

Diplomats from North Korea, the US, South Korea and Japan are expected to reach Beijing on Tuesday.

 

Alexeyev said at the Beijing airport that Russia wishes the six-party talks a success.

 

He said the Russian side would try its best and hoped that all the other parties could make joint effort for the adoption of a common document.

 

A flurry of diplomatic activities were conducted during the recess in a bid to iron out the differences.

 

North Korea and the US maintained direct contacts via diplomatic channels such as the UN.

 

Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei paid visit to Japan and North Korea at the end of August and exchanged views with leaders of the two nations on the resumption of the talks.

 

Besides, South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-Moon also visited China and the US, holding talks with Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice.

 

Parties concerned confirmed the progresses of the first phase as a series of bilateral and multilateral consultations have been made in a sincere and harmonious atmosphere.

 

In the first phase of the talks, North Korea insisted that it be allowed to carry out peaceful nuclear activities. The US, however, urged Pyongyang to abandon all its nuclear programs, including civilian nuclear activities.

 

Analysts said how to bridge the disputes on the civilian nuclear activities and the scope of denuclearization are the key of whether a common document will be reached in this round of talks.

 

The current round of six-party talks launched on July 26 after a 13-month standoff. But the record 13-day talks came into a stalemate as parties concerned failed to reach a common document.

 

(Xinhua News Agency September 13, 2005)