Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Negotiations on North Korean high-level visit end without resolution

CONTINUING THEIR EFFORTS to hammer out details for a high-level North Korean visit to Washington and to address U.S. concerns about Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, delegations led by U.S. Ambassador Charles Kartman and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan met in New York from March 7 to 15. This third round of talks, which built on previous negotiations in Berlin in November and January ended without details on a future visit having been settled but with a commitment from North Korea to schedule further discussions on the topic.

That no date was set for the visit came as a disappointment after a senior State Department official expressed optimism March 3 for a …

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