 | (L-R) U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, Japanese delegation leader Kenichiro Sasae, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon, North Korea's chief negotiator Kim Gye Gwan and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev mingle at the end of talks over North Korea's nuclear crisis held at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, China September 19, 2005. North Korea promised on Monday to give up its nuclear weapons and programmes in a landmark agreement aimed at defusing a high-stakes crisis which sceptics said was long on words and short of action. |
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