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Hill eyes mid-December for North Korea talks

21 Nov 2006 08:10:31 GMT
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BEIJING, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The top U.S. negotiator on North Korea said he believed that six-party talks aimed at dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear weapons could restart in mid-December, but stressed the need for preparation as he left Beijing.

"I believe we will have six-party talks, probably by the middle by December, but what is important for us is that they be well planned and that's why I came today," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told reporters before leaving the Chinese capital after discussions about North Korea.

Hill was in Beijing last month for talks with China and North Korea that led to the North agreeing to return to the six-party talks, which it had boycotted for a year over U.S. financial restrictions.

This time, Hill met China's chief diplomat in the talks, Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters.

Hill's visit was the latest diplomatic step in a process to bring North Korea back to the disarmament talks and move towards ending its nuclear weapons programme.

The North agreed to return to the talks, which involve the two Koreas, the United States, host China, Japan and Russia, three weeks after it conducted a nuclear test on Oct. 9, which brought widespread international condemnation and UN-backed sanctions.

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