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US Envoy Says North Korea Agrees to Return to Stalled Nuclear Talks
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says six-party talks could start as early as November





U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill takes a question at
a press conference in Beijing Tuesday Oct. 31, 2006The U.S. envoy to
six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program says
Pyongyang has agreed to resume negotiations before the end of the
year.

Speaking to reporters in Beijing Tuesday, Christopher Hill confirmed
an earlier report that an agreement to restart multilateral talks had
been reached. He says the talks could start as early as November.

Hill says the decision came after an informal meeting in Beijing
involving North Korea, China and the United States.

Pyongyang has been under intense pressure return to the disarmament
negotiations since it conducted an underground nuclear test October
ninth.

North Korean officials walked out of the negotiations last November in
protest of U.S. financial sanctions against the country.

The talks include North and South Korea, China, the United States,
Japan and Russia.

 


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