Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will hold a reception in Beijing Wednesday evening for all delegations to the second round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.  

Bilateral consultations are expected to begin Wednesday afternoon among the six parties after the talks' morning session.

A report said that delegations of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Japan will have consultation Wednesday afternoon.

The talks, involving China, the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan, opened here Wednesday morning.

(Xinhua News Agency February 25, 2004)