Di Tokyo, Hill mengatakan bahwa dia berharap perundingan di Beijing akan menghasilkan sejumlah langkah nyata penerapan kesepatakan September 2005, dimana Korea Utara setuju untuk menghentikan program nuklirnya dengan imbalan bantuan energi dan ekonomi.
In Tokyo, Hill said he hoped the Beijing talks would lead to concrete steps to implement a September 2005 deal under which the North agreed to scrap its nuclear weapons in exchange for energy and economic aid.