BEIJING, August 2 (RIA Novosti, Alexei Yefimov) - Russia is seeking to include a special clause in the concluding agreement of the fourth-round of the six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear program to allow for the international community to verify North Korea's denuclearization, a Russian diplomat said Tuesday. Valery Yermolov, deputy head of the Russian delegation, said the delegates have not discussed the clause in detail, instead seeking to work out general principles for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
A source close to the talks said North Korea and the United States have not reached a significant compromise on possibilities for denuclearization. Pyongyang's plan for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula envisions guarantees for North Korea's security, economic cooperation and normalizing relations with the United States and Japan along with a "legal and systemic" mechanism of mutual trust and peaceful coexistence with the United States before North Korea gives up its nuclear program.
Bilateral discussions and meetings of delegation heads are scheduled for the eighth day of the talks.
The fourth round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program opened in Beijing on July 26 and involve Russia, North Korea, South Korea, the United States, China and Japan.
