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Lee, Hu Discuss Package Deal for Norks
Sounds like they're throwing in a draft pick and a player to be named later ...
President Lee Myung-bak met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in New York on Wednesday morning, where the two discussed the principle of a "grand bargain" with North Korea for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, Cheong Wa Dae said.

"The two leaders agree on the package initiative on giving North Korea security assurances and epoch-making economic assistance in return for the irreversible dismantlement of nuclear weapons," a senior presidential official said. "They discussed a recent visit by Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, President Hu Jintao's special envoy to Pyongyang and agreed to strongly urge the North to return to the six-party talks as soon as possible."

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had told Dai during the visit that he was willing to engage in "bilateral and multilateral talks."

Lee called on China, the host country of the six-party talks, to make efforts to persuade the North to abandon nuclear weapons and join the international community.

The two leaders agreed that bilateral cooperation has been developing in various fields since May last year, when they agreed to upgrade relations to a "strategic cooperative partnership," the official said.
Posted by: Steve White 2009-09-25
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