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China-Japan-Koreas
Six-party talks on North Korea to resume Sept. 13
2005-09-09
BEIJING - Talks with North Korea on dismantling its nuclear program will resume next week, China said on Thursday, but Pyongyang raised a possible obstacle to progress by renewing its demands for the withdrawal of US troops from the Korean Peninsula as a sign of good faith.

Talks are due to resume on Tuesday, said Qin Gang, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Speaking at a regular news briefing, he appealed to all sides to be “flexible and practical” in trying to reach a settlement to the long-running dispute.
Yeah, that's likely to work.
The talks were meant to resume in Beijing last week, but North Korea postponed that, citing US-South Korean military exercises that were under way and Washington’s appointment of a special envoy on North Korea’s human rights. “The path to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula is torturous and complicated,” Qin said. “We can’t resolve all the questions in just a few rounds of talks, but we should not be pessimistic about the process.”

Hours before China’s announcement, North Korea demanded that the United States withdraw its troops from South Korea. The Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, claimed the United States is driving a “fire cloud of war” over the Korean Peninsula by positioning state-of-the-art military hardware in the South and preparing for a pre-emptive nuclear attack against the North.
Yes, a 'fire cloud of war' as we discuss nukes. Think about that as you sip your grass soup, boys.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  If you have a Fire Cloud of War, and it rains, does that make a Sea of Fire?
Posted by: Jackal   2005-09-09 20:13  

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