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USA and China seeking to resume N Korea nuclear talks

US declines to rule out resumption of NKorea nuclear talks, Google hosted news, (AFP) – 26 Aug 2010, WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday declined to rule out a resumption of six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea following meetings at the UN General Assembly late next month.”We do have the UN General Assembly coming up. It will be an opportunity for the United States to engage directly with our partners in the six-party process,” State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters……

Wu Dawei, China’s special envoy on Korean affairs, was due in South Korea from Thursday to Saturday to discuss ways to resume talks on dismantling North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

Wu visited Pyongyang last week to discuss the resumption of six-party talks aimed at persuading the North to give up its nuclear weapons in return for diplomatic and economic gains.

AFP: US declines to rule out resumption of NKorea nuclear talks

August 27, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear weapons