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US in touch with N. Korea ahead of nuke talks
(AFP)
Updated: 2005-08-18 07:48
The United States has been in direct touch with North Korea ahead of the
resumption at the end of this month of six-party nuclear crisis talks, the chief
American negotiator said, AFP reported.
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| Christopher Hill is seen here 07 August 2005. The United States has
been in direct touch with North Korea ahead of the resumption at the end
of this month of six-party nuclear crisis talks, the chief American
negotiator said. [AFP] | Christopher Hill,
Washington's North Korea pointman, said he had contacted the country through a
diplomatic channel at the United Nations.
"I sent word through the New York channel to my opposite member in the DPRK
to suggest we should be in touch if there are issues that he would like to raise
and that I would be ready to be in touch."
Hill also said that he hoped to meet Japanese, Chinese and South Korean
envoys next week in Washington, before heading back to the talks, currently in a
three-week recess in Beijing.
The State Department meanwhile said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will
meet South Korean counterpart Ban Ki-Moon in Washington next week to discuss
efforts to halt North Korea's nuclear program.
Hill also said he would telephone his Russian counterpart at the talks.
During an appearance organized by the Asia Society, Hill repeated his hope
first expressed last week that a statement of principles between the parties
could be wrapped up as early as September, allowing a crisis-ending deal to
follow quickly.
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