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US Envoy: North Korea Needs to 'Get Job Done' At Nuclear Talks
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=15721C5:A6F02AD83191E160EF18D1C81A883CF79574F7DCC14957C0 United States,
Japan, Russia, China and South Korea are holding their sixth formal
meeting in three years to persuade North Korea to end its nuclear
programs The latest round of North Korean nuclear talks are entering a
fifth - and what may be the final day - in Beijing. As VOA
Correspondent Kurt Achin reports from the Chinese capital, there is
little hope of progress.







Christopher HillU.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill
says it is not likely this week's six-nation talks on North Korean
nuclear disarmament will be extended beyond Friday.

"I don't want to predict what happens if there's no progress this
week, but I do plan to leave on Saturday," he said.

The United States, Japan, Russia, China and South Korea are holding
their sixth formal meeting in three years to persuade North Korea to
end its nuclear programs in exchange for diplomatic and financial
benefits.

North Korea - also called the DPRK - promised in principle to disarm
in 2005. But it has refused to negotiate implementation until the U.S.
lifts financial sanctions imposed last year for North Korea's alleged
counterfeiting and money laundering.

Hill says it is his job to discuss weapons, not financial issues - and
says the five partner nations have worked hard to develop concrete
proposals on how to move ahead with North Korean disarmament. "But you
know, it's not going to work if the DPRK doesn't get the job done," he
said.

North Korea only agreed to return to talks this year after it
conducted its first-ever nuclear test on October 9.

Japan's envoy, Kenichiro Sasae has said he does not expect a
breakthrough now.

Hill has declined to comment on whether more six-party talks will be
scheduled.