Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, August 11, 2003
Russia to Host Talks Between Koreas
Russia will host talks between the DPRK and South Korea this week in preparation for larger negotiations about the DPRK's suspected nuclear weapons program, a Russian diplomat was quoted as saying Sunday.
Russia will host talks between the DPRK and South Korea this week in preparation for larger negotiations about the DPRK's suspected nuclear weapons program, a Russian diplomat was quoted as saying Sunday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov said from Beijing that the talks in Moscow would begin Tuesday, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. The report did not say which Korean officials would take part.
Losyukov was in China to discuss the particulars of six-nation talks expected later this month in Beijing. The negotiations will include Russia, Japan, China, the United States and the two Koreas.
Those talks are aimed at defusing a 10-month standoff over U.S. allegations that Pyongyang is trying to develop nuclear weapons in violation of a 1994 agreement.