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US, DPRK agree on need to resume six-party talks

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-10 19:38

SEOUL: Stephen Bosworth, US special envoy to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said Thursday that the US and the DPRK reached a common understanding on the need for resuming the six-party talks and implementing the joint statement of September 2005.

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At a press conference here, Bosworth called his three-day trip to Pyongyang "very useful" in that he was able to exchange views in a "candid, business-like" way.

During meeting with DPRK' Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok-ju and its top nuclear envoy, Kim Kye-gwan, the top US negotiator also said when and how to resume the six-party talks will be decided through further consultations with other relevant parties.

He did not, however, meet with DPRK top leader Kim Jong-il, as the US did not ask for it, Bosworth said.

Nor did he carry a special message from US President Barack Obama, he added.
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