August 5, 1997, three days of July (Landmarks), the first preparatory meeting of the four-party talks on the Korean problem in New York.


attend the first preparatory meeting of the representatives of the Quartet representatives of the four countries, the United States, North Korea, South Korea was held in the campus of Columbia University in New York on August 5 to 7
1997, North Korea Quartet talks The preparatory meeting for the first time. It is to sit together for the first time representatives of the Quartet to discuss peace on the Korean Peninsula since the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953.
During the meeting, representatives of the Quartet elaborate on their principled stance on the establishment of a peace mechanism on the Korean Peninsula, and hold a four-party talks to discuss the time of the formal talks, level, location, mode of operation and issues. After three days of intense negotiations, the representatives of the Quartet, in addition to differences still exist in the topics of talks on the issue, and other issues reached a preliminary well know. Quartet decided in mid-September, the second preparatory meeting held in New York, and focus on the issues of the meeting did not agree on talks agenda. The Quartet also agreed that within six weeks after the package agreement reached on all issues in the preparatory meeting in Geneva held a formal meeting of the four-party talks, the parties sent senior officials authorized by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to participate. (L $ dj��.c��m)
Korean issue, the four-party talks in April 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young-sam held at the initiative, based on a new peace mechanism to replace the armistice agreement.