填空题 Beijing: The United States and North Korea had their first 1 in four months here this afternoon as part of the 2 negotiations on how to end North Korea"s nuclear program, but diplomats played clown prospects for 3 .
The talks are at the Diaoyutai 4 , a sprawling, garden-filled 5 in western Beijing, with negotiators gathering around a giant hexagonal table built to 6 the six delegations.
The Chinese placed the Americans and the North Koreans in 7 , which may have facilitated the 8 between Mr. Kelly and Mr. Kim, which took place 9 in the afternoon session. The two spoke for 30 minutes, two Asian diplomats 10 .
The early indications of how the talks are going 11 . A South Korean who took part in the meetings described North Korea as "willing to 12 through dialogue." Chinese officials also put a 13 on the talks. "I heard talks this morning and this afternoon were very successful," the Foreign Minister, Li Zhaoxing, told delegates 14 .
But Japanese and Russian participants were 15 . The Russian 16 , Aleksandr Losyukov, described the negotiations as 17 . "So far, the countries have put forward a number of 18 , which are 19 the development of these talks," he told Russian reporters in Beijing. "I would not say that I am feeling 20 ."