Hill 'upbeat' after N Korea visit
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US envoy Christopher Hill says he had good discussions on his first visit to North Korea, Chinese media report.
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South Korea's foreign minister on Thursday said he was confident that investigations by a U.N. nuclear watchdog will prove his country's nuclear experiments were not conducted for weapons advancement.
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North Korea on Friday announced it would return to six-party nuclear talks and would consider treating the United States as a "friend," shortly after a visiting U.S. congressional delegation said the North appeared ready to negotiate.
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U.S. envoy Christopher Hill was en route to North Korea Thursday for talks on the next moves to be made under a nuclear disarmament agreement reached earlier this year, a Japanese government spokesman said.
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Assistant US secretary of state Christopher Hill visits Pyongyang, ahead of talks aimed at halting North Korea's nuclear strategy.
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has offered an up-beat assessment at the end of talks in Pyongyang about the North Korean nuclear crisis.
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North Korea on Friday said it would return to six-party nuclear talks and would consider treating the United States as a "friend," shortly after a U.S. congressional concluded talks with the North and said it appeared ready to negotiate.
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US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill could still travel to North Korea for a bilateral meeting if Pyongyang agrees to restart stalled talks on nuclear disarmament, the US ambassador in Seoul said.
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The U.S. envoy to nuclear talks headed back to Washington on Thursday with a promise from North Korea that it would study ideas proposed in two days of talks, and said the ball was now in Pyongyang's court.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing  North Korea to carry out nuclear disarmament could move ahead  in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday,  welcoming Pyongyang&#39;s invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator plans to visit the United States within days for follow-up talks on a recent disarmament deal, South Korean news reports said Saturday.
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A U.S. nuclear envoy said on Friday his rare trip to North Korea led to positive and detailed discussions where both sides agreed to fulfill pledges made in a February disarmament pact.
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U.S. envoy Christopher Hill called his talks in North Korea "very useful and positive, saying that he was "buoyed by a sense" that the six-party talks process will result in the complete dismantling of North Korea's nuclear program."The DPRK (North Korea) indicated that they are prepared promptly to shutdown the Yongbyon facility as called for in the February agreement," Hill said at a Friday afternoon news conference in Seoul.
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson  planned to meet two top North Korean diplomats on Friday in a  session blessed by the White House before talks resume next  week on North Korea's nuclear programs.
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The head of a U.N. nuclear watchdog delegation said on Friday it was "satisfied" with a tour of a North Korean reactor complex that the secretive state has promised to scrap under an aid-for-disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency said.
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The US Secretary of State welcomes a deal with North Korea over its nuclear programme as a 'good start'.
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NEW YORK -- The United States said it had "very good" talks with North Korea yesterday and it appeared that a deal on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions was on track for now.