Russians 'in N Korea test talks'
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Russia says it is attempting to dissuade North Korea from carrying out its plan to test a nuclear weapon.
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North Korea is to conduct a nuclear test, the foreign ministry says in a statement.
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Russia's atomic energy agency declined to comment on Monday on Japanese news reports that North Korea had offered Russia exclusive rights to its natural uranium deposits in exchange for support at six-way talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons.
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Six-way talks on North Korea cannot  restart this year or in the foreseeable future because of  "unacceptable" U.S. conditions, Russia's Interfax news agency  quoted a North Korean diplomatic source as saying on Wednesday.
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Top U.S. and Russian security officials  sought to strike a more conciliatory tone in talks on Thursday  after months of growing tensions between Washington and Moscow.
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North Korea plans to seal the Yongbyon nuclear reactor in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified North Korean diplomatic source.
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Experts from America, Russia and China will travel to North Korea later this month to study how the country's nuclear facilities can be shut down, a US official says.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North is preparing a missile test.
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A team of inspectors from the United States, China and Russia headed Wednesday to North Korea's main nuclear facilities to study how to permanently disable them so that the communist country can no longer produce atomic bombs.
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Russia has stepped in to try to help with the transfer of funds from a Macau bank to North Korea, said U.S. officials on Monday, who hope an end to the deadlock will quickly revive a stalled disarmament effort.
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Japan will seek an explanation at weekend talks with North Korea on activity indicating Pyongyang may be preparing a missile test, although Tokyo does not think a launch is imminent, Japan's top government spokesman said.
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The top US and North Korean negotiators on Pyongyang's nuclear program were due to meet one-on-one in the Chinese capital on Sunday, ahead of the resumption of six-way talks stalled since last year.
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North Korea is prepared to return to  six-country talks on its nuclear weapons program at any time  now that it has "completed defensive steps" with a nuclear  test, a senior envoy of the communist state said on Tuesday.
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Senior North Korean and Chinese officials have met in Beijing amid hints from Pyongyang that it might not attend a next round of multi-party talks over its nuclear programs, state media said.
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Shortage may spur Pyongyang back to six-party nuclear talks, analysts say.
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said on Tuesday the next meeting of the Six Party talks on North Korea was unlikely to take place before 2007, Interfax news agency reported.
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North Korea plans to seal the Yongbyon  nuclear reactor in the second half of July, Russia&#39;s Interfax  news agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified North  Korean diplomatic source.