N.K. nuclear negotiator heads for home from Beijing

BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator left Beijing
for Pyongyang on Saturday, wrapping up his five-day trip to discuss ways to
resume the six-party nuclear disarmament talks.

Kim Kye-gwan, a vice foreign minister, left at around 1 p.m. local time aboard a
Koryo Air flight.
In Beijing, Kim held talks with Wu Dawei who was newly appointed as China's chief
nuclear envoy, on the resumption of the six-party talks and a peace treaty with
the United States.
Asked about the outcome of his meetings with Chinese officials, Kim briefly
answered reporters waiting for him at a Beijing airport: "I'll see you later."
After looking closely into the results of the talks, Kim is expected to visit the
U.S. next month following a trip to Pyongyang in December by U.S. envoy Stephen
Bosworth.
North Korea says talks aimed at replacing the 1950-53 Korean War truce with a
peace treaty should be launched if it is to rejoin the stalled six-party
dialogue.
It also says U.N. sanctions imposed on it for its nuclear and missile testing
must be lifted before it returns to the talks that also group the U.S., China,
South Korea, Japan and Russia.
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