U.S President George Bush holds a second day of talks with new South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Saturday at Camp David.

The top U.S. negotiator on North Korea has begun talks in Geneva with his North Korean counterpart on efforts to scrap Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

Participants in six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program may soon announce the next round of negotiations, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman told a press conference on Thursday.

In Beijing, negotiators are trying to cobble together an action plan detailing steps North Korea should take to disable its nuclear facilities. The six-nation nuclear talks are in their second day in the Chinese capital.

Six nations engaged in protracted talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament gathered for a new round of negotiations in the Chinese capital Thursday after a six-month break.

Diplomats involved in the six-nation North Korean nuclear talks have begun arriving in Beijing to hold what they say is a critical round of negotiations. The lead U.S. negotiator on the North Korea nuclear issue, Christopher Hill, calls this week's round of talks a "very important stage" in the goal of eliminating North Korea's nuclear programs by the end of the year.

The next round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program will not be held on September 19, and could be postponed until October, Japan's Kyodo news agency said Monday.

Talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament are to be extended by one day through Friday, the Japanese delegation to the talks said Thursday. The talks, which also include China, Russia, the U.S. and the two Koreas, began Wednesday in Beijing and was originally planned for two days through Thursday.