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Kim vows flexibility
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has pledged to be flexible and patient and committed himself to the six-party talks process to resolve the nuclear impasse with the United States, China said on Wednesday. âThe DPRK (North Korea) side sticks to the final nuclear weapon free goal and its basic position on seeking for a peaceful solution through dialogue has not changed,â Kim was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency. âThe DPRK side will continue to take a patient and flexible manner and actively participate in the six-party talks process, and make its own contributions to the progress of the talks.â
| "Here! Watch this! I can hook my ankle behind my head...!" |
Breaking a media blackout, Xinhua announced that Kim âunofficiallyâ visited China from April 19-21, meeting top leaders including President Hu Jintao, military chief Jiang Zemin and Premier Wen Jiabao. Kim is believed to have left Beijing by train for the 15-hour journey back to Pyongyang earlier Wednesday after his first visit since a new Chinese leadership was installed in March 2003. Xinhua said Hu and Kim exchanged âin-depth viewsâ on the 18-month nuclear standoff and other international and regional matters in a âcordial, friendly and candid atmosphereâ. Kim expressed âsatisfactionâ with his visit and invited Hu to Pyongyang, which was accepted. Hu, who said China âtreasuredâ its relationship with the Stalinist state, stressed that China supported a nuclear weapons free Korean peninsula, but upheld âthat the DPRKâs rational concerns should be addressedâ.
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Posted by: Fred 2004-04-22 |
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