Envoy rejects 1-on-1 talks with N. Korea
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A top U.S. diplomat said Sunday the Bush administration would resist one-on-one talks with North Korea and insist that other nations in the region participate in any negotiations over its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
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A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson clearly said Saturday that North Korea had never insisted on direct talks between the US and North Korea instead of the six-party talks in order to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue, and the key to
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The U.S. envoy to six-party talks on  North Korea's nuclear arms program said on Sunday it was time  to wrap things up and reach a resolution but South Korean and  Japanese delegates held out little hope.
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North Korean and U.S. officials met this week in New York but made no progress on restarting six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Saturday.
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The main U.S. nuclear envoy once quipped that not a single light bulb in North Korea has been turned on with power generated from its sole operating atomic reactor.
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North Korea ruled out Monday attending  proposed six-way working-level talks on its nuclear arms  programs and questioned the entire negotiating process, blaming  hostile U.S. policy for Pyongyang's tougher stance.
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TOKYO -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday rejected demands by North Korea of a US ''reward&quot; before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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The chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog  could not meet North Korea&#39;s top nuclear negotiator, Kim  Kye-gwan, in Pyongyang on Wednesday and a meeting with the  diplomat was &quot;unlikely,&quot; a spokeswoman for the agency said.
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Washington's top nuclear envoy said Wednesday stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program are likely to resume in early July, but Pyongyang must keep its promise to shut down a nuclear reactor.
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Countries involved in talks on ending   North Korea's nuclear weapons program plan to hold discussions   soon excluding Pyongyang, the chief South Korean and U.S.   envoys to the stalled discussions said on Monday.
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A U.S. official, in a rare public departure from Bush administration policy, criticized on Thursday the nuclear talks with North Korea, which he contended is not serious about disarming.
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The U.S. envoy to nuclear talks with North Korea flew to Pyongyang on Thursday to discuss the next steps under a disarmament deal, a surprise trip analysts said showed both sides were eager for swift progress.
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US envoy denies N Korea nuclear talks are deadlocked, but flags up differences over enriched uranium.
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BEIJING -- Deadlocked on Sunday over energy aid to North Korea, envoys to six-nation talks on the Pyongyang government's nuclear weapons program gave themselves one more day to reach agreement on first steps toward eliminating the program.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected demands by North Korea of a U.S. "reward" before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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North Korea demanded bilateral talks with the United States over its nuclear weapons program but Washington quickly rejected the idea on Friday and insisted Pyongyang return to six-party negotiations.
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A US envoy is set to meet a North Korea negotiator face-to-face ahead of new six-party talks on nuclear issues.