U.S., North Agree to Resume N.Y. Talks
From Times Wire Reports
The United States and North Korea agreed to resume preliminary talks in New York later this month aimed at forging a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula. The agreement was reached during a meeting between the two sides in Beijing, according to a North Korean news agency and a U.S. official in Seoul. Stanley Roth, an assistant secretary of State, said in Seoul that North Korea had agreed not to link the defection of two senior diplomats with the talks.
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