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 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill speaks to journalists in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, August 17, 2007. Hill, the U.S. envoy to talks on how North Korea will go about scrapping its nuclear weapons programme, said on Thursday he was hopeful of agreement in coming weeks after a "business-like" first day of a two-day meeting. click to open  |  | Chief U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill, left, speaks to the media before he heads for a second day of the 2nd working group meeting of denuclearization of North Korean at the Liaoning Friendship Convention Center in Shenyang, China, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. Technical talks on shutting down North Korea's nuclear program have made progress, a U.S. negotiator said Friday ahead of a second day of meetings in northeast China. click to open |  | Top U.S. envoy Christopher Hill, right, has a word with Clark Randt, left, U.S. Ambassador to China, during round-table discussions at the resumption of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Monday December 18, 2006. Negotiators gathered to discuss how to implement a September 2005 agreement, the only accord ever reached at the six-nation talks, following the North's atomic test in October. click to open |  | Top U.S. envoy Christopher Hill arrives to meet China's Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei and other top envoys at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, ahead of a dinner on the eve of the resumption of six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons programme December 17, 2006. The United States and Japan demanded real progress when talks on scrapping North Korea's nuclear arms resume this week, warning Pyongyang on Sunday that sanctions and isolation were its only alternative. click to open |  | Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso(L) shakes hands with US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill on 10 July 2006. The UN Security Council edged closer to a crucial vote on the North Korea missile tests amid signs of compromise, with all eyes on China, which has threatened to veto any mandatory punitive action against its Pyongyang ally. 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 |  | US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (C) and South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon (L) listen to Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (not in picture) address the press after a recess in six-party talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Aug 6th 2005. Talks were to resume the week of August 29 but with the US and North Korea again trading barbs, it was unclear how to move forward in the three-year standoff with North Korea, which again said it was making nuclear weapons. click to open |
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