Kim Jong-il meets Chinese envoy

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-20 08:41

China's State Councillor and former Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (3rd L, front row) poses with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (4th R, front row) in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this video grab released on October 19, 2006. The United States said on Thursday it was open to negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions as attention focused on whether China had managed to persuade the North to defuse the mounting crisis.

China's State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan (3rd L, front row), special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, poses with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (4th R, front row) in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this video grab released on October 19, 2006. The United States said on Thursday it was open to negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions as attention focused on whether China had managed to persuade the North to defuse the mounting crisis. [Reuters]

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