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USA and North Korea to resume talks

U.S. to Meet North Koreans for New Talks By STEVEN LEE MYERS NYT,  February 13, 2012  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced on Monday that it would hold its first talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program since the death of the
country’s leader, Kim Jong-il, in December.

The talks, to be held in Beijing on Feb. 23, will be the third since last summer to explore the
possibility of resuming negotiations to get North Korea to dismantle its nuclear arsenal. They will offer a chance to gauge whether Mr. Kim’s son and successor as supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, is more open, to diplomacy.

The United States, along with South Korea, Japan, Russia and China, has called on North Korea to suspend activities at its nuclear sites and allow international inspectors to verify a freeze as a condition for resuming talks on a broader agreement that would provide economic
and other assistance in exchange for dismantling the weapons program…. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/world/asia/united-states-to-hold-talks-with-north-korea-on-nuclear-program.html

February 14, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, politics international