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N.Korea's Kim met China's Hu: report Seoul (AFP) May 6, 2010 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has met President Hu Jintao during his visit to China, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported from Beijing. The agency, which did not cite sources, said the two met Wednesday evening before a dinner hosted for the visitors at the Great Hall of the People. It gave no details of what was discussed. The North Korean leader is expected to meet Thursday with Premier Wen Jiabao and Deputy President Xi Jinping, Yonhap said. Kim and Hu were expected to watch a Chinese opera performed by a North Korean troupe at 6 pm (1000 GMT), it added. The North's leader earlier this week visited Dalian and Tianjin during his first visit to China for more than four years. There is speculation he will offer to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks hosted by Beijing in return for aid.
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N.Korea leader in Beijing for talks with Hu: report Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2010 North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il was reportedly in Beijing on Wednesday ahead of summit talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, on his first trip abroad in years to secure much-needed economic aid. The 68-year-old Kim, who arrived in China on Monday, is expected to offer Beijing reassurances that Pyongyang will return to nuclear disarmament talks it abandoned more than a year ago, in exchang ... read more |
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