Both US, DPRK Want New Progress, Says AlbrightBoth the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) want to make new progress during their talks this week and they are moving in the right direction, said U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Tuesday.The joint communique issued when DPRK National Defense Commission Vice Chairman Cho Myong Rok visited the United States earlier this month was valuable in enhancing mutual understanding between the two countries, Albright said at a luncheon given in her honor by Cho. "We have far to go, but I am convinced that we are moving in the right direction." DPRK Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan said in a toast that the relationship between the two countries "has been frozen too long," and "it is time to put an end to that situation." Before the luncheon, Albright held talks with her counterpart, Paek Nam Sun, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the presidium of the DPRK's Supreme People's Assembly. She began a second round of talks with DPRK leader Kim Jong Il Tuesday afternoon. |
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