Report: North Korea asks China to arrange Rice visit-report

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5789941&cKey=1116289221000

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea has asked China to arrange a visit to Pyongyang by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a Japanese newspaper said on Tuesday, quoting diplomatic sources.

The report comes at a time of heightened tension over North Korea's nuclear programme and fears that it may conduct an underground test of a nuclear device.

According to sources quoted by financial daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the proposal was conveyed to Rice by Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing during a telephone conversation on May 13. The report did not say what response was given by Rice.

North Korea has reservations about taking part in another round of six-party talks on its nuclear programmes and is stressing the need for bilateral talks with the United States, the paper said.

[rzemanfl]

1. You have this wrong, they said "send us some rice, we spent

all our money on nukes and missiles."

[kaos]

2. Clintons legacy comes back to haunt us.....

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[NNN0LHI]

7. Why? Were the NKoreans preparing to test nukes when he was pres?

Clinton hasn't been president for almost 4 and a half years. Did you forget that? The Nkoreans built 2 nukes when Bush1 was president according to US intelligence agencies. Did you conveniently forget that too? Where you people come up with this shit from I will never figure out. Why don't you take your bullshit right wing talking points some place else.

Don

[Tempest]

11. Pure unadulterated BullShit

Only someone completely ignorant of the facts would make that statement.

[NNN0LHI]

12. Some folks are like sponges

Just feed them 24/7 Fox news bullshit and they squeeze some of it out occasionally thinking it makes them appear intelligent.

Don

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. They're going to tempt Condi over to the dark side

Think she's bad now? Just wait until she starts spouting NK rhetoric ;-)

[Judi Lynn]

4. North Korea asks China to arrange Rice visit-report

North Korea asks China to arrange Rice visit-report
Tue May 17, 2005 12:38 AM ET

By Linda Sieg
TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea has asked China to arrange a visit to Pyongyang by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a Japanese newspaper said, but Japan's top government spokesman said Washington had denied the report.

Nearly a year after the last round of six-country talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program, concerns are rising that Pyongyang may conduct an underground test of a nuclear device.

The Nihon Keizai financial daily said Tuesday that North Korea's proposal was conveyed to Rice by Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing during a telephone conversation on May 13.

The report, which cited unidentified diplomatic sources, did not say what response Rice had given.
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http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-05-17T043836Z_01_T200910_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-KOREA-NORTH-RICE-DC.XML

[Pinboy]

5. A mistranslation? They need rice, not Rice:

LBN: N Korea 'in urgent need of food'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1478452

[Judi Lynn]

6. Now this is just spooky! Someone really dropped the ball. n/t

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9. This is Rice's big chance to show off her diplomatic skills

Come on now and show us all what you are made of Rice.

Don

[Gyre]

10. Wouldn't it be cool

if they put her in the nosecone of a missle and launched her back here?