USA and DPRK will negotiate in Beijing with the participation of China

American President George Bush approved the plan according to which the United States and the DPRK will begin next week the first round of 3-way consultations related to the nuclear program of Pyongyang. Negotiations will be held in Beijing. This was reported to the sources in the US administration was reported by the NBC television company and The New York Times .

According to these sources, China agreed not only to negotiate on its territory, but also to become their immediate participant. At the same time, in connection with the upcoming negotiations, the senior representative of the administration George Bush said that the United States "reserves the right" if necessary to connect other countries to them. The US delegation in negotiations will be headed by US Secretary of State James Kelly.

On Tuesday, speaking to journalists in Washington, US Secretary of State Colin Powell, answering the question of the possibility of negotiations between the United States and the DPRK, said that he "today is not ready to declare anything regarding any meetings, the level of participants or a multilateral nature" negotiations. At the same time, he nevertheless confirmed that all these issues are now being discussed by the United States with other countries "on diplomatic channels", RIA Novosti reports.

Powell emphasized that "the Russians last week made a statement that, it seems to me, helped" and now "many elements are formed together." “Whatever level the negotiations do not begin, and no matter what the composition of the participants is, one is absolutely clear - they should cover the opinions and points of view of all neighbors in the region,” the US Secretary of State said.

The Seoul newspaper Tone Ilbo also confirms on Wednesday that negotiations on issues related to Pyongyang’s exit from the non-proliferation system of nuclear weapons, at first, apparently, will go in a 3-sided format. According to her, this week the United States and the DPRK can make a joint announcement on this score, ITAR-TASS reports.

After the start of 3-way consultations of the United States, the newspaper writes, then intend to achieve the connection of South Korea to them. Washington and Seoul are also studying the question of joining Russia and Japan at the next stage, reports Tone Ilbo.