AP: US Officials Met W/ North Korean Officials In NY Last Week

[Hissyspit]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBQGD3NW8E.html

U.S. Officials Met With North Korean Officials in New York Last Week
The Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) - U.S. officials met with North Korean officials in New York last week to discuss American policy toward the Stalinist state, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said in a statement Thursday.

"We can confirm that we had working-level contact with North Korean officials on Friday, May 13, in New York," the statement said. "This channel is used to convey messages about U.S. policy, not to negotiate."

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The United States, China, Japan, South Korea and Russia are trying to persuade North Korea to return to six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons programs. The talks have been stalled since last year.

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The U.S. officials also told the North Korean side that the administration of President Bush does not intend to attack North Korea, the Asahi said.

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[4MoreYearsOfHell]

1. I'll betcha any money

that John Bolton wasn't there...

HA-HA...

[bowens43]

2. What ? I thought that the idiot

said that there would be no meetings with representatives of North Korea.

More lies from the asshole administration.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. kick

[bushisanidiot]

4. Did AWOL Bush give him suitcases of cash like he did Osama Bin Laden?

how soon til AWOL place the "terra terra terra" card again to get his ratings up? how many american lives will be lost this time?

[bemildred]

5. Yup, just conveying messages, not negotiating. Right.

And the usual tendentious babble:

"The U.S. officials also told the North Korean side that the administration of President Bush does not intend to attack North Korea"

Again carefully avoiding the magic words: "WILL NOT ATTACK".

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6. junior said he didn't have any attentions of invading Iraq also.

Everyone in the world knows the policy of the U.S. why have a meeting about it......

Why doesn't junior go and talk with Kim Jong ll?....he's about as reasonable as anyone in this crime cabal administration.

[Moderator]

7. kick to combine

[chlamor]

8. U.S. Envoy Met With North Korean Officials at U.N.

U.S. Envoy Met With North Korean Officials at U.N.

By Glenn Kessler and Anthony Faiola
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, May 20, 2005; A14

After a public appeal from North Korea, a State Department envoy met with North Korean officials at the United Nations last week to reiterate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent statement that the Bush administration recognizes the reclusive country's sovereignty, U.S. officials said yesterday.

The secret meeting, the first such back-channel communication in five months, was a U.S. attempt to prod North Korea back to six-nation disarmament talks, after similar efforts by such allies as China and South Korea. The North Korean officials did not respond, except to say they would pass the message to leaders in Pyongyang, the capital, but North Korea appeared to dismiss the rare direct assurances.

"U.S. recognition of sovereignty is fake," the official KCNA news service quoted a North Korean Foreign Ministry official as saying.

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Rice sent Ambassador Joseph R. DeTrani, the U.S. special envoy to North Korea on disarmament talks, to New York last Friday after officials in Pyongyang indicated in a statement they wanted to set up a meeting with U.S. officials to confirm the U.S. position, a senior administration official familiar with the talks said. KCNA hinted that Pyongyang might be willing to return to the negotiating table if it could determine whether Rice's recent statements were sincere.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/19/AR2005051900332_pf.html

[Toots]

9. the first such back-channel communication in five months

I take that to mean there have been numerous back-channel communications that have not been reported.