US, North Korea may meet bilaterally on sidelines of Beijing talks.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Japanese news agency Kyodo

Beijing, 13 May [local date]: The United States and North Korea are prepared to meet bilaterally as working-group discussions between the six nations dealing with North Korea's nuclear ambitions enter their second day Thursday [13 May], conference sources said. The six teams are expected to try to bridge the US-North Korea gaps during the six-way talks without a set format at the Diaoyutai State Guest House with the aim of laying the groundwork for the third round of full talks being planned by the end of June.

The conference sources said US chief delegate Joseph Detrani and his …