U.S. Diplomats Invited for Nuclear Talks in North Korea

U.S. Diplomats Invited for Nuclear Talks in North Korea
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009

Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy to North Korea, shown in June. Bosworth has reportedly been invited to lead a delegation that would participate in bilateral nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang (Andy Wong/Getty Images).

Senior diplomats from the United States have been invited to North Korea for talks on the Asian nation's nuclear program, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, Aug. 24).

The Obama administration has not yet conducted nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang. It has stated that any bilateral diplomacy would occur only alongside resumed six-party talks, which stalled in 2008 and appeared to have crumbled completely amid the North's nuclear and missile testing in recent months.

However, the regime lately has shown signs of a willingness to re-engage with Washington. It offered to host talks with Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special envoy to North Korea, and Sung Kim, the administration's top envoy on the nuclear issue, the JoonAng Ilbo newspaper reported. It said the offer was receiving serious consideration in Washington.

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