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Article: U.S. Envoy Met With North Korean Officials at U.N.
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- The Washington Post
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- May 20, 2005
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After a public appeal from North Korea, a State Department envoy
met with North Korean officials at the United Nations last week to
reiterate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent statement that
the Bush administration recognizes the reclusive country's
sovereignty, U.S. officials said yesterday.
The secret meeting, the first such back-channel communication in
five months, was a U.S. attempt to prod North Korea back to six-
nation disarmament talks, after similar efforts by such allies as
China and South Korea. The North Korean officials did not respond,
except to say they would pass the message to leaders in Pyongyang,
the capital, but North Korea appeared to dismiss the rare direct ...