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China: Sides far apart in N. Korea talks
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-15 19:37
The U.S. envoy on North Korea's nuclear program said Thursday he hoped to
move beyond an impasse at arms talks after Washington rejected the North's
demand for a nuclear reactor in exchange for abandoning its atomic bomb program.
China said, however, that the sides remained far apart.
South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Song
Min-soon (L) and US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill (R) speak to the press in Beijing.
Delegations to the six-party North Korean nuclear talks were divided on
certain issues, host China said, and 'great differences' remain after
three days of talks. [AFP] |
"There are still great differences on certain issues," Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said after delegates from all six nations met
but failed to break the deadlock, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Pyongyang wants a reactor in exchange for abandoning its nuclear program.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said Washington could not
agree to the demand.
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