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A possible thawing? North Korean official to visit USA

N. Korean nuclear official to attend U.S. conference, Philly.com, By Jean H. Lee Associated Press, 2 March 12,  SEOUL, South Korea – In another sign of warming relations between two wartime foes, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator will attend a security conference in the United States, a U.S. official confirmed Thursday Word of Ri Yong Ho’s visit to the forum held by Syracuse University comes on the heels of a breakthrough agreement that will provide much-needed U.S. food aid to North Korea in exchange for a rollback of its nuclear programs.

The agreement announced Wednesday sets in motion a plan laid out by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il before his death in December: to improve relations with the United States and to get back to six-nation disarmament-for-aid negotiations. Significant challenges remain, however, in achieving the long-term goal of the United States and other nations: to persuade Pyongyang to end its nuclear ambitions altogether…

.. In a possible sign of things to come, Ri, North Korea’s vice foreign minister and envoy to nuclear-disarmament negotiations, has been cleared to travel to the United States to attend the Syracuse University forum…. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/141133413.html

March 3, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general