Bosworth has no immediate plans to visit N. Korea: State Dept.

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. point man on North Korea, Ambassador
Stephen Bosworth, has no immediate plans to visit Pyongyang to discuss ending
North Korea's nuclear ambitions, the State Department said Tuesday, but hinted he
may fly to the North Korean capital sooner or later.

Reports indicate that Sung Kim, special envoy for six-party talks, will visit
Pyongyang next month at the invitation of North Korea to discuss the six-party
talks on the North's denuclearization, which have been stalled over international
sanctions on North Korea.
"Neither one of them have any plans right now to go to North Korea," spokesman
Ian Kelly said in a daily news briefing.
Reports and diplomatic sources said that Bosworth and Sung Kim will fly to
Pyongyang as part of their tour of Asian capitals next month in connection with
the six-party talks, which also involve South Korea, China, Japan and Russia.
"We expect in the not-too-distant future that other U.S. officials will travel
out there as soon as we get through this summer period," the spokesman said. "I
expect that Ambassador Bosworth will be going out there. I don't have any
announcements to make right now, but I expect that he will go out there."
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