Friday, January 14, 2005

North Korea - Ready?

Here is a story from The Associated Press that says North Korea is ready to resume six-party talks and will consider treating America as a "friend"... Remember it is North Korea and this story can change tomorrow in an effort to make the administration look bad; however, right now it sounds good. I am also waiting to see how the MSM "spin" will sound as other news outlets elaborate on the visit.
“Our unanimous impression is that the DPRK is ready to rejoin the six-party process,” said Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., referring to the North’s official name, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Weldon, vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, led a bipartisan delegation that held talks in Pyongyang with North Korea’s No. 2 leader, Kim Yong Nam, Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun and Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, who is also North Korea’s chief representative to nuclear negotiations.

Hours after the American lawmakers left Pyongyang, the North Korean regime said it would not only return to nuclear talks but also treat the United States as a “friend” as long as Washington doesn’t slander the rule of totalitarian leader Kim Jong Il.
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Weldon, who spoke on behalf of his delegation, called the four-day trip an “overwhelming success.” (Read here)

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