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Talks on North Korea nukes to resume(UPI Top Stories Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Efforts to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear program are heating up, with chief negotiators from the six nations involved in the talks to meet in Tokyo. The Japanese news agency Kyodo reports the diplomats will meet next week. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei announced plans to make the trip Thursday, one day after Japan approved a visit from the North's Kim Kye Gwan. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev currently is in Tokyo and said he would consider extending his stay, Kyodo said. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill and South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Chun Young Woo have visits scheduled for next week. Kenichiro Sasae, director of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau will represent Japan, Kyodo said. Negotiators last met in November when talks deadlocked. North Korea said it would not return to the table unless the United States lifted economic sanctions. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |