NYT/Reuters: N. Korea Agrees to Return to Nuclear Talks in July

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N. Korea Agrees to Return to Nuclear Talks in July
By REUTERS
Published: July 9, 2005
Filed at 11:01 a.m. ET


BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to return to stalled six-country talks on its nuclear weapons programs this month, Pyongyang's official news agency and a U.S. official said on Saturday.

North Korea had been boycotting the talks -- which involve the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States -- since a third inconclusive round in Beijing in June last year.

The KCNA news agency said Pyongyang decided to reopen the talks after North Korea's vice-minister of foreign affairs, Kim Kye-gwan, held talks with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill in Beijing on Saturday.

"Both sides agreed to open the fourth round of the six-party talks in the week which begins on July 25, 2005," KCNA said.

The United States confirmed that the talks would begin this month and said Pyongyang promised it would attend with the goal of making progress....


http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-korea-north-talks.html