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Korean Ambassador to the United States Han Sung-joo
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Korean Ambassador to the United States Han Sung-joo said Sunday that because not only Korea and the United States, but also Russia and China were working hard, it was highly likely that the fourth round of six-party talks would be held in September as the fruit of multilateral efforts. Speaking at an academic conference in New Jersey to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Korea University, Han said, however, that no one could know whether substantive progress would be made at the talks.
He said North Korea believes that the redeployment of U.S. forces in Korea might be in preparation to attack North Korea. He said it was hard to tell whether North Korea actually felt threatened by the U.S. or whether it was simply stalling ahead of the U.S. presidential election, but it was true that the preparations for the fourth round of talks have been difficult.
Han added that while one could possibly see that the offer made by the U.S. during the third round of six-party talks was the most concrete one it has made that represented a change in direction, North Korea viewed is as insincere and has been making negative statements about it.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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