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Reversing its position announced on Feb. 10, North Korea says it is willing to return to the negotiating table to resolve the nuclear standoff.
North Korea's state news agency quoted Kim Jong-il as saying the country will return to the dialogue table anytime if the terms for the six-party talks "mature" through the joint efforts of its neighbors. He also added he expects Washington to show its sincerity toward the talks and to back it up with actions.
The latest shift in it is position comes after the North Korean leader's meeting with Wang Jiarui, the head of the international department of China's Communist Party. Wang delivered a letter from Chinese President Hu Jintao.
The senior Chinese official's visit to Pyongyang was one of the many international diplomatic meetings held to urge the communist country to resume the nuclear talks following its announcement two weeks ago that it possessed nuclear weapons and would no longer participate in the dialogue.
Expressing gratitude to the letter sent by President Hu, Kim said Pyongyang has never opposed the six-party talks and its position to seek a peaceful solution to the issue through dialogue remains unchanged.
Three rounds of six-party nuclear talks involving the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia have failed to produce a breakthrough and has been halted since September last year after Pyongyang dropped out citing what it calls a hostile U.S. policy.
Arirang TV
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