SKorea, China bid to revive NKorea nuclear talks

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Source: AFP

SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea and China have agreed to try to revive six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament, after the North quit the forum and vowed to restart its atomic weapons programme.

The accord came after top Chinese nuclear envoy Wu Dawei held talks with Seoul officials in the wake of the North's defiant May 25 nuclear test and missile launches.

Wu met Unification Minister Hyun In-Taek, who handles relations with Pyongyang, before talks with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung-Lac and other officials.

Wu -- whose country chairs the talks which also involve the two Koreas, the United States, Japan and Russia -- arrived in Seoul Sunday on the last stop of a tour which took him to Moscow, Washington and Tokyo.



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