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North Korean, US envoys discuss stalled nuclear talks
 US and North Korean envoys to talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programmes met in Beijing, a Chinese official said on Thursday, raising regional hopes the stalled negotiations could resume.
The US and North Korea nuclear negotiators discussed Washington's clamp-down on companies it suspects helped North Korea with counterfeiting, money laundering and the drug trade, diplomatic sources said. Kong would not confirm whether the sanctions were discussed. "The three sides all had a positive assessment of this contact," Kong said at a regular briefing. "Each believed it was significant." The future of the six-party talks is uncertain because Pyongyang is angry with the United States about Washington's crackdown on its finances. The six countries - the two Koreas, host China, Japan, Russia and the United States - were meant to meet early this year to try to make progress on North Korea's agreement in principle to dismantle its nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and security guarantees. They last met in November. Posted by: Fred 2006-01-20 |
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