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To: GST who wrote (141382)7/25/2004 9:15:23 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Posted 8/1/2003 3:08 AM Updated 8/1/2003 9:19 AM

North Korea agrees to multilateral talks

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday that it has agreed to multilateral talks on its suspected development of nuclear weapons but will push for one-on-one talks with the United States during the proposed negotiations.

A spokesman of the communist North's Foreign Ministry told Pyongyang's official news agency KCNA that North Korean officials delivered the proposal during a meeting with U.S. officials in New York on Thursday Korean time.

North Korea has insisted for months on bilateral talks with Washington and its willingness to accept U.S.-proposed six-party was seen as a concession.

But the comments also indicated that the isolated country might try hard to elicit U.S. concessions, while stalling talks involving the other countries. North Korea has insisted that the nuclear issue is essentially a bilateral matter with the United States, while Washington considers it a regional concern.

The spokesman said Pyongyang agreed to multilateral talks involving the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, China and Russia after Washington told North Korea that the two sides can meet separately during those multilateral talks...

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