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<http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/world/asia-pacific/2282112.stm> --------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, 25 September, 2002, 21:58 GMT 22:58 UK
US envoy to visit North Korea Pyongyang says its military programme is justifiable By Jon
Leyne
BBC State Department correspondent The White House has said it will send an
envoy to North Korea soon.
Bush named North Korea in his "axis of evil" speech White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said US
President George W Bush
announced the move to the South Korean President, Kim Dae Jung, in a telephone call. "The two leaders agreed that real progress with the North depends on full resolution of the security issues on the Korean Peninsula, including the North's possession and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles," Mr Fleischer said. There is no indication whether or not North Korea has agreed to the move. This is the latest move in a diplomatic dance that has been going on between the US and North Korea since President George W Bush took office last year. 'Not comfortable' According to the White House, the envoy will travel to North Korea at "an early date". The envoy has not been named but it is widely expected to be James Kelly, the State Department's Assistant Secretary for East Asia. North Korea is not comfortable discussing the proposed issues, but the dire state of its economy and possibly also America's uncompromising attitude towards Iraq, seem to have forced Pyongyang to the table. President Bush surprised the world when he abruptly broke off talks with North Korea shortly after taking office. That decision was later reversed, but when it has come down to the practical issue of agreeing a date, a place and an agenda, the two sides have continued to blow hot and cold. --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^==^============================================================= This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^==^============================================================= |
