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07 January 1999

TEXT: STATE 1/6 ON UPCOMING MEETING OF FOUR PARTY TALKS ON KOREA

(U.S. seeks reduction of tensions on Korean peninsula)  (260)
Washington -- Representatives from the United States, China, South
Korea, and North Korea met January 5 to discuss arrangements for the
fourth plenary meeting of Four Party talks set for January 19,
according to a January 6 statement from the Department of State.
Following is the text of the statement:
(begin text)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
January 6, 1999
STATEMENT BY JAMES P. RUBIN, SPOKESMAN
FOUR PARTY TALKS: FOURTH PLENARY TO CONVENE JANUARY 19
A Four Party working-level group met in New York on Tuesday, January
5, to discuss arrangements for the fourth plenary meeting of the Four
Party talks. As a result of the meeting, the U.S., China, the ROK, and
the DPRK have agreed to convene the plenary in Geneva beginning
January 19, 1999. U.S. Special Envoy for the Korean Peace Talks,
Ambassador Charles Kartman, will lead the U.S. delegation.
The U.S. goals in the Four Party talks continue to be the reduction of
tension on the Korean Peninsula and replacing the Armistice by the
achievement of a permanent peace arrangement. As agreed at the Third
Plenary, two subcommittees will convene during the Fourth Plenary to
discuss respectively the establishment of a peace regime on the Korean
Peninsula and tension reduction there.
(end text)