SOUTH KOREA: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell meets with South Korean counterpart to discuss "pre-steps" that could allow a resumption of six-party talks

Record ID: 187096

  • Title: SOUTH KOREA: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell meets with South Korean counterpart to discuss "pre-steps" that could allow a resumption of six-party talks
  • Date: 28th October 2011
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (OCTOBER 27, 2011) (REUTERS) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE KURT CAMPBELL APPROACHING PODIUM WITH SOUTH KOREA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KIM JAE-SHIN VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, KURT CAMPBELL, SAYING: "One of the reasons that we're here is to begin a process of deep discussion with South Korea so that we can plot our course going forward." JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, KURT CAMPBELL, SAYING: "We were able again, after close co-ordination with South Korea, to lay out what we think is necessary with regard to pre-steps that will allow us to return to the six-party talks. I think those discussions were proper. I'll be very very clear about what our joint expectations are for going forward." CAMPBELL AND KIM SHAKING HANDS AND LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 12th November 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Korea, Republic of
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVABGEIX0DPFBCTE699TFCV7YL33
  • Story Text: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Kurt Campbell, met with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul on Thursday (October 27) to discuss the next steps that could lead to a return to six party talks.
    "One of the reasons that we're here is to begin a process of deep discussion with South Korea so that we can plot our course going forward," Campbell told reporters after a breakfast meeting with the South's Deputy Foreign Minister, Kim Jae-shin.
    On Tuesday (October 25) the United States ended two days of meetings with North Korea sounding upbeat about an eventual return to wider talks on ending Pyongyang's atomic programs but saying there was no immediate breakthrough.
    Meeting for the second time in three months, the United States and the North appear to be inching toward a resumption of six-party talks, which aimed to wean North Korea off its nuclear programs but collapsed in December 2008.
    Campbell said he would co-ordinate closely with South Korea.
    "We were able again, after close coordination with South Korea, to lay out what we think is necessary with regard to pre-steps that will allow us to return to the six-party talks. I think those discussions were proper. I'll be very very clear about what our joint expectations are for going forward," he said.
    The United States and South Korea insist that the North immediately halt its uranium enrichment work, which it unveiled last year, as a precursor to restarting regional talks that offer economic aid in return for denuclearization by Pyongyang.
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