China proposal aims to advance N Korea talks
1 August 2005
China issued a proposal on broad principles for ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program Saturday, seeking to accelerate the six-party talks aimed at establishing a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. The Chinese draft was viewed as an attempt to consolidate the lowest common denominator of views that have been aired during five days of intense but thus far unproductive negotiations. The talks included an unprecedented several bilateral meetings between US and North Korean diplomats.