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Article: Envoy Rejects 1-On-1 Talks With N. Korea
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- July 9, 2006
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WASHINGTON - 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.
"The goal of the current diplomacy should be to use the combined leverage of China and Russia, of South Korea, Japan and the United States to force the North Koreans back to the negotiating table," Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said.
"We really don't see the logic of turning this into a test of wills between two countries - the United States and North Korea," Burns told NBC's "Meet the Press."
China has the same interest as the U.S. in ...