South Korea ? International disarmament talks on North Korea’s nuclear program will resume next week in Beijing, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.

Host China has informed participating countries that the negotiations will start July 18, Yonhap reported from Beijing, citing an unidentified diplomatic “source” familiar with the negotiations.

The talks – involving China, Japan, the two Koreas, Russia and the United States – were last held in March.

The report came amid optimism that North Korea could shut down its nuclear reactor in coming days as required by an agreement reached among the six parties in February.