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U.S. envoy eyes visit to China for resumption of 6-party talks
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 Kyodo -
The U.S. special representative for North Korea policy is considering visiting
China, probably in March, to discuss ways to resume the stalled six-party talks
on North Korea's nuclear program, U.S. government sources and people associated
with the talks said Friday.
During his planned visit, Stephen Bosworth will also likely visit Japan and
South Korea to exchange views on their stances toward North Korea, the sources
said.
If realized, the visit will be the first by the U.S. nuclear envoy to China
since last December. The United States will soon arrange a specific schedule
for the visit, the sources said.
The Chinese government has exchanged views with North Korea's chief negotiator
Kim Kye Gwan, who visited Beijing on Feb. 9-13. Washington hopes to learn
details of the China-North Korea talks to analyze Pyongyang's policy stance and
reflect it in future U.S. policy.
According to the sources, the United States will also aim to see if the current
rocky U.S.-China relationship might affect Beijing's position on North Korea.
U.S.-Sino ties have soured over a host of issues including U.S. arms sales to
Taiwan, Beijing's apparent censorship of the world's leading search engine
Google Inc. and Thursday's meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and the
Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, in Washington.
A U.S. government official said Bosworth's planned trip to China is part of
regular visits to exchange views between the two countries.
The official expressed concern over media reports that China has drawn up plans
to invest $10 billion in North Korea for railroad and housing construction.
North Korea has said it wants U.N. sanctions lifted and talks with the United
States on a peace treaty to formally end the 1950-1953 Korean War before it
rejoins the six-way talks involving the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and
the United States.
North Korea pulled out of the denuclearization talks in April last year in
protest at the U.N. Security Council's censure of a rocket launch it conducted
the same month. The launch was widely seen as a long-range missile test.
==Kyodo
The U.S. special representative for North Korea policy is considering visiting
China, probably in March, to discuss ways to resume the stalled six-party talks
on North Korea's nuclear program, U.S. government sources and people associated
with the talks said Friday.
During his planned visit, Stephen Bosworth will also likely visit Japan and
South Korea to exchange views on their stances toward North Korea, the sources
said.
If realized, the visit will be the first by the U.S. nuclear envoy to China
since last December. The United States will soon arrange a specific schedule
for the visit, the sources said.
The Chinese government has exchanged views with North Korea's chief negotiator
Kim Kye Gwan, who visited Beijing on Feb. 9-13. Washington hopes to learn
details of the China-North Korea talks to analyze Pyongyang's policy stance and
reflect it in future U.S. policy.
According to the sources, the United States will also aim to see if the current
rocky U.S.-China relationship might affect Beijing's position on North Korea.
U.S.-Sino ties have soured over a host of issues including U.S. arms sales to
Taiwan, Beijing's apparent censorship of the world's leading search engine
Google Inc. and Thursday's meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and the
Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, in Washington.
A U.S. government official said Bosworth's planned trip to China is part of
regular visits to exchange views between the two countries.
The official expressed concern over media reports that China has drawn up plans
to invest $10 billion in North Korea for railroad and housing construction.
North Korea has said it wants U.N. sanctions lifted and talks with the United
States on a peace treaty to formally end the 1950-1953 Korean War before it
rejoins the six-way talks involving the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and
the United States.
North Korea pulled out of the denuclearization talks in April last year in
protest at the U.N. Security Council's censure of a rocket launch it conducted
the same month. The launch was widely seen as a long-range missile test.
==Kyodo
