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North Korea Agrees to Resume Working-Level Talks on Saturday

William Gallo

   SEOUL - North Korea has agreed to resume working-level nuclear talks
   with the United States this Saturday, according to a senior North
   Korean diplomat quoted in state media.

   Choe Son Hui, North Korea's vice foreign minister, says Pyongyang and
   Washington have agreed to hold talks on October 5 and will have
   "preliminary contact" the day before. It is not clear where the
   meetings will take place.

   "The delegates of the DPRK side are ready to enter into the DPRK-U.S.
   working-level negotiations," said Choe, referring to the abbreviation
   of North Korea's official name. "It is my expectation that the
   working-level negotiations would accelerate the positive development of
   the DPRK-U.S. relations."

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