NKorea's Kim to visit China: state media

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The new US envoy on North Korea expressed hope Monday that stalled six-nation negotiations on scrapping the secretive nation's nuclear programme can resume soon. "We are hopeful that we can see the resumption of the six-party process in the relatively near future," Stephen Bosworth told reporters after a day of talks with South Korean officials. The US goal remains "complete and verifiable" denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, he said, adding he cannot "contemplate a situation in which we would in any way change that goal." The disarmament talks, which group the two Koreas, Japan, Russia, China and the United States, became bogged down in the final months of George W. Bush's administration over ways to verify the North's declared nuclear activities. Bosworth came to Seoul after visiting Beijing and Tokyo and held talks here with a Russian envoy Saturday. Some fears have been expressed that the six-party talks could be sidelined given that the new US administration appears more open to direct dialogue with the North. Bosworth said Washington continues to see the six-party process as the "central element" of efforts to denuclearise the peninsula. "We should be able to look forward to an early resumption of those efforts," he told reporters. The envoy is scheduled to leave for Washington Tuesday.

by Staff Writers
Seoul (AFP) March 10, 2009
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is to make an official trip to China, state media said Tuesday, as the two allies celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

The Korean Central News Agency said in a short statement that Kim had accepted an invitation from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. The statement gave no further details and did not say when the visit would go ahead.

"Kim Yong Il, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, will soon pay an official goodwill visit to the People's Republic of China at the invitation of Wen Jiabao," the statement said.

North Korean state media reported late last month that China had invited Kim for a summit with President Hu Jintao.

It said the invitation was extended by senior official Jia Qinglin to a visiting delegation of the North's ruling Workers' Party, the Korean Central Broadcasting Station said.

"Mutual visits by the leaders of the two countries are the most essential and irreplaceable in developing bilateral relations," Jia was quoted as telling the North Korean officials.

"We will ardently welcome Comrade Kim Jong-Il and senior officials of the Korean party and government to visit China at a convenient time."

Jia is chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the fourth-ranking member of the Communist Party's Politburo standing committee.

Kim accepted a similar invitation from Hu in a letter delivered by a Chinese party official in January, according to Chinese state media.

The official, Wang Jiarui, was the first foreign guest to meet Kim since his reported stroke last August.

No schedule has been set for a summit. Kim last visited China in January 2006 in a trip focusing on its industrial facilities. Hu's last visit to Pyongyang was in October 2005.

Yonhap said the North Korean delegation was led by Ri Kwang-ho, a close confidant of Kim's and the country's top science expert. Ri also accompanied the North Korean leader on his latest China visit.

Jia proposed strengthening economic and trade links, according to the broadcaster, saying this would be beneficial to "strategic cooperation."

After the meeting between Kim and Wang on January 23, North Korea announced that China has decided to provide free aid but gave no details.

China is by far the North's biggest trade partner. It fought for the North in the 1950-53 Korean War against South Korea and US-led United Nations forces.

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