North Korea's No. 2 leader said Monday that his country still wants to settle the dispute over its nuclear program through dialogue, as China tried to cajole the North back into stalled six-nation talks, calling for flexibility by all sides. Kim Yong Nam began a visit to Beijing on Monday amid of flurry of efforts to restart the talks on Washington's demand for the North to give up its nuclear ambitions. Participants missed a September deadline for holding a new round after the North refused to take part. "The situation of the Korean Peninsula is still complicated, but the North Korean side would like to find a peaceful solution of the nuclear issue through dialogue," state television quoted Kim as telling his Chinese counterpart, Wu Bangguo. The report didn't say, however, whether Kim was referring to the six-nation talks, which also include host China, South Korea, Japan and Russia.
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