Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (R) greets US assistant secretary of state and chief nuclear envoy, Christopher Hill (L), during a US-China bilateral meeting ahead the six-party talks in Beijing on July 10, 2008. Six-party talks have not been held for nine months amid delays in securing from the reclusive regime a declaration of all its nuclear activities, as agreed in a landmark six-nation accord reached last year. AFP PHOTO / POOL / GUANG NIU