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Article: United States: North Korea to send nuclear envoy to US: report.
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- October 9, 2009
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A senior North Korean nuclear envoy plans to visit the United States later this month for a trip that could pave the way for restarting dialogue between the two countries, a South Korean broadcaster said on Friday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said this week his country was willing to return to stalled six-way nuclear disarmament discussions but wanted to talk to the United States first -- six months after the communist state declared those talks dead.
North Korea is planning to send Ri Gun, its number two negotiator for often-stalled six-way nuclear talks, to the United States and is hoping Washington will reciprocate by sending envoys to Pyongyang, ...