North Korean negotiator heads to Russia
BY Agencies2 July 2013 11:40 PM GMT
Agencies2 July 2013 11:40 PM GMT
A high-ranking North Korean official with long experience in nuclear talks left Tuesday for Russia, state media said, as the communist state steps up a diplomatic offensive after months of tension. Â First vice foreign minister Kim Kye-Gwan was leading a delegation en route to the Russian capital, the official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief report. A weekend report from Russia's RIA Novosti news agency said Kim would discuss a possible resumption of talks about ending the North's nuclear programme. Â In Moscow, Kim will meet Russia's First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov and Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov, it said. Â The trip comes as North Korea reaches out internationally after months of high tension triggered by its third nuclear test in February. Kim was a key figure in earlier six-party talks aimed at persuading his country to abandon its atomic weapons programme.
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