If and when those negotiations materialize, the participating nations excluding Pyeongyang are expected to express their willingness to offer the Stalinist regime a written multilateral security guarantee.

The official told a local news agency though last-minute coordination talks are still ongoing among the six concerned nations, there is a high possibility the multilateral negotiations will materialize between December 17th and 19th in Beijing.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, he indicated that a final timetable is expected to come out after U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly meets with Russian Vice Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov in Washington over the matter on Monday.

In related news Japan's leading daily, the Asahi Shimbun reported on Sunday South Korea, the United States, Japan, China, and Russia are currently looking into making a joint statement or a joint announcement at the next round of nuclear talks. Arirang TV