[Kyodo: Korea] North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told a Chinese presidential envoy during a meeting Friday in Pyongyang that North Korea intends to prioritize talks with the United States as a way of addressing the nuclear standoff, diplomatic sources involved in six-party denuclearization talks said Tuesday. China"s Foreign Ministry has quoted Kim as telling Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo that North Korea aims to solve the denuclearization issue through ""bilateral and multilateral talks,"" but the ministry did not make clear whether bilateral talks refer to U.S.-North Korea talks.
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