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 | South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon, left, chats with North Korean chief negotiator Kim Gye Gwan near the Chinese characters reading 'Diaoyutai' at the end of talks over North Korea's nuclear crisis at the Diaoyutai state guest house in Beijing, China, Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. Diplomats from six nations issued a joint statement at the end of the latest round of talks. click to open  |  | (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. click to open |  | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill applauds at the closing of talks over North Korea's nuclear crisis at the Diaoyutai state guest house in Beijing, China, Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. Diplomats from six nations issued a joint statement at the end of the latest round of talks. click to open |  | Top U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill smiles as he arrives back to his hotel after the six-party nuclear talks in Beijing September 19, 2005. North Korea agreed on Monday to give up all of its nuclear weapons and programmes in a landmark agreement that caps two years of negotiations. In exchange, South Korea, United States, Japan, Russia and China -- the other players in the six-party talks in Beijing -- expressed willingness to provide oil and energy aid. click to open |  | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (L) shakes hands with North Korea's chief negotiator Kim Gye Gwan (R) as South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon looks on at the close of talks over North Korea's nuclear crisis held at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, China September 19, 2005. click to open |
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