U.S., S Korean, Japanese officials meet over DPRK nuclear issue

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill will hold talks with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts over the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Monday.

Visiting Kim Sook, South Korea's chief negotiator in the six-party talks, and his Japanese counterpart Akitaka Saiki arrived here Sunday, and are expected to have talks respectively with Hill.

They will discuss how to verify the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s declaration and the possibility of a next round of disarmament talks, McCormack said.

The DPRK delivered on May 8 to the United States more than 18,000 pages of its sensitive nuclear records.

The six-party talks on the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula was reportedly to be resumed before June 15 after an eight-month suspension.