U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and chief nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill told reporters in Jakarta Friday he might meet with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Kye Gwan, in the coming days.
"I'm not in a position yet to confirm reports that you've all heard that we will be having meetings with my counterpart in the DPRK [Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea] except to say that we're obviously looking to try to wrap up the declaration very soon," he said. "We don't have a lot of time; we really need to move on to the next phase if we're going to really achieve our goals."
Hill, who was in Jakarta for a brief visit Friday, told reporters if he meets with Kim Kye Gwan, it will not take place until after his visit to East Timor on Sunday. The Six Party Talks between North and South Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia stalled last December when Washington accused North Korea of failing to keep to a deadline for declaring all of its nuclear programs. Pyongyang was required to submit a full and accurate declaration of its nuclear programs and materials by the end of 2007. North Korea maintains it has met its obligations under the terms of the six-party agreement. The United States also wants Pyongyang to reveal any weapons-grade uranium enrichment programs, and whether it has shared nuclear technology with Syria.
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