31.   South Korea opposes giving North Korea any food aid as a condition to the briefing or other Korean peace talks.

32.   Talks on Korean peace negotiations break down.

33.   The briefing is to enable North Korea to better understand proposed four-party Korean peace talks which will eventually involve China as well.

34.   The briefing is aimed at encouraging North Korea to attend expanded four-party Korean peace talks which will eventually involve China.

35.   The briefing by the United States and South Korea is intended to encourage impoverished North Korea to attend proposed four-party Korean peace talks that will eventually involve China.

36.   The meeting proposed four-way Korean peace talks involving the United States, Chin and the two Koreas.

37.   The same North Korean demand stalled recent four-way Korean peace talks in Geneva involving the two Koreas, the United States and China.

38.   The South insists on being involved in any Korean peace initiatives.

39.   The United States and South Korea proposed in April that North Korea join them and China in talks on a new Korean peace accord.

40.   The United States maintains that any Korean peace treaty should be signed between the two Koreas.