韩国首席核谈判代表目前在北京准备进行会谈，讨论如果恢复六方会谈，将如何应对朝鲜提出的冻结其核武及导弹项目的新建议。美国已经对这一建议表示欢迎，但声称这还不足以恢复六方会谈。韩国特使魏圣洛在星期四抵达北京时说，朝鲜的建议将是他与中国核谈判代表武大伟讨论的问题之一。
美国和韩国几个月来一直坚持说，在美韩同意恢复六方会谈之前，朝鲜必须遵守以往有关取消其核项目的承诺。六方会谈将为平壤提供经济和外交方面的好处，作为对朝鲜非核化的回报。
South Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator is in Beijing for talks that will deal with a new North Korean proposal to freeze its nuclear weapons and missile programs if six-nation talks are resumed.The United States has already welcomed the offer but said it was not sufficient for a resumption of talks. The South Korean envoy, Wi Sun-lac, said on arrival in Beijing Thursday that the North Korean offer was one of the issues that would come up in his talks with China’s nuclear negotiator, Wu Dawei.
The United States and South Korea have insisted for months that North Korea must honor its past promises to dismantle its nuclear programs before they will agree to a resumption of the six-party talks, which would offer Pyongyang economic and diplomatic incentives to denuclearize.