BEIJING - The six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear programme should resume as soon as possible, the chief US envoy to the negotiations said Monday after holding discussions with host nation China. “I have had lengthy discussions with (Chinese Vice Minister) Wu Dawei and we have agreed to the need to get the six-party talks going as soon as possible,” US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told journalists. “I would hope the Chinese government will be able to announce soon the start-up of the six-party talks.”
Hill made the comments before flying back to the United States, wrapping up a whirlwind trip to brief South Korea, Japan and China on his rare one-on-one talks with North KoreaÂ’s nuclear envoy Kim Kye-Gwan in Berlin.