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October 31st, 2006, 9:29:31 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/31/north.korea/index.html
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- North Korea has agreed to rejoin six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons program, U.S. and Chinese officials said Tuesday.
Washington hopes the talks will resume before the end of the year, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. In the meantime, U.N. sanctions imposed after an October 9 nuclear test by Pyongyang remain in place.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, speaking at a news conference in Beijing, said North Korea made no promises not to conduct another nuclear test, according to Reuters news service.
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- North Korea has agreed to rejoin six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons program, U.S. and Chinese officials said Tuesday.
Washington hopes the talks will resume before the end of the year, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. In the meantime, U.N. sanctions imposed after an October 9 nuclear test by Pyongyang remain in place.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, speaking at a news conference in Beijing, said North Korea made no promises not to conduct another nuclear test, according to Reuters news service.