Official says resumption of North Korea talks before US election ...
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WASHINGTON A top Bush administration official says North Korea is stalling talks on its nuclear weapons program until after the November elections.
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North Korea remains committed to six-party talks over its nuclear weapons programs but the US presidential elections are influencing its decisions, a British minister has stated after returning from Pyongyang.
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North Korea set conditions for resuming the six-nation talks on its nuclear program, including the US dropping its ``hostile policy&#39;&#39; toward the communist nation, the official Korean Central News Agency said.
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North Korea has apparently decided  against holding six-party talks on dismantling its suspected  nuclear arms programs until after the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential  election, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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North Korea is making a mistake by  refusing to resume six-way talks on its nuclear arms programs  before the U.S. presidential election next month, U.S. Deputy  Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Tuesday.
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North Korea is reportedly not ready to resume talks over its nuclear ambitions, following President Bush's re-election.
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Japan and North Korea will hold talks next week to discuss the resumption of multilateral negotiations aimed at dismantling the communist nation&#39;s nuclear arms program, a Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said.
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SEOUL: US Secretary of State Colin Powell joined South Korea on Tuesday in seeking to restart talks on North Koreaâs nuclear ambitions right after US elections, but Pyongyang said this was impossible.
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The chief U.S. negotiator on North Korea will hold discussions in Japan and China in the next few days aimed at organizing a fresh round of six-party talks on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear programs, a State Department official said on Tuesday.
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North Korea is committed to holding  six-party talks aimed at ending the nuclear weapons crisis, but  with the U.S. election looming, it has not indicated when, a  top British official said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON : Diplomatic efforts are underway to hold a preparatory meeting for the six-party talks aimed at ending the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula, the US State Department said.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she wanted quick results in North Korean disarmament talks that resume next week, setting a two-year time frame to dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell will  try to revive talks to scrap North Korea's nuclear programs on  a trip to Asia starting on Saturday but his chances are limited  by uncertainty over the outcome of the U.S. election.
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Stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program could resume as soon as President Bush finishes putting together his new diplomatic team, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said on Thursday.
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North Korea has said an early resumption  of six-party talks on its nuclear arms program will be  difficult, and it wants to see how President Bush deals with  Pyongyang following his re-election, Japanese and Chinese  officials said on Thursday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said on  Tuesday he expected the six-party talks on North Korea's  nuclear ambitions to resume after the presidential election in  the United States.
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North Korea may delay discussions to prepare a fourth round of six-nation talks aimed at dismantling the communist nation&#39;s nuclear programs, US and UK government officials said.