May 11 (Bloomberg) -- The six nations in talks aimed at convincing North Korea to give up its nuclear program agreed on an agenda for a lower-level meeting that begins tomorrow in Beijing, China's foreign ministry said.

Delegations from China, North Korea, the U.S., South Korea, Japan and Russia will discuss issues raised at the second round of talks in February. Those discussions produced little more than an agreement to meet again before the end of June.

``The agenda of this meeting has been agreed upon by all parties,'' Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. ``The parties will talk about the issues that have already been touched on in the second round, without bringing up new ones.''

The current impasse started in October 2002 when North Korea acknowledged to the U.S. that it had restarted nuclear weapons development in violation of a 1994 international accord under which it froze the program in exchange for aid.

The U.S. has demanded complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of the weapons program before it makes concessions. North Korea has consistently refused, demanding compensation in exchange for an initial freeze.

Ning Fukai, China's ambassador in charge of North Korean talks, met South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choi Young Jin last month to discuss the Beijing meeting. Cho Tae Yong, who will represent South Korea in the working-level talks, met his U.S. counterpart Joseph DiTrani last month.

Taiwan

Meanwhile, Liu said China objects to U.S. congressional resolutions supporting Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization because the agency is part of the United Nations, which restricts membership to sovereign countries.

``The U.S. congress, in disregard of China's opposition, is bent on the resolution supporting Taiwan's participation,'' Liu said. ``The Chinese side hereby expresses strong dissatisfaction and has already delivered solemn representations to the U.S.''

China's government says Taiwan has been a renegade province since 1949, when the Nationalist Party fled to the island and set up a separate government. China has threatened to invade Taiwan should the island declare independence.

To contact the reporter on this story: Rob Delaney in Beijing at robdelaney@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: May 11, 2004 05:36 EDT