NORTH KOREA: Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang meets with North Korea's Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang to discuss a return to nuclear negotiations

Record ID: 1958337

  • Title: NORTH KOREA: Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang meets with North Korea's Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang to discuss a return to nuclear negotiations
  • Date: 26th October 2011
  • Summary: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (OCTOBER 24, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) VARIOUS OF CHINESE VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG SHAKING HANDS WITH NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-IL LI SHAKING HANDS WITH NORTH KOREAN HEIR APPARENT KIM JONG-UN KIM JONG-IL AND LI KIM JONG-IL AND LI SEATED LI SPEAKING KIM JONG-IL LISTENING MEETING IN PROGRESS LI SPEAKING KIM JONG-IL SPEAKING LI LISTENING CAMERAMEN FILMING BANQUET LI SPEAKING KIM JONG-IL SEATED KIM JONG-UN BANQUET IN PROGRESS LI SHAKING HANDS WITH PRESIDENT OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE DPRK SUPREME PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, KIM YONG-NAM LI AND KIM YONG-NAM STANDING FOR PHOTOS LI SPEAKING VARIOUS OF KIM YONG-NAM LI LISTENING FRIENDSHIP TOWER VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS STANDING TO ATTENTION SOLDIERS LAYING WREATHS LI LAYING WREATH WREATHS LI BOWING HEAD MONUMENT VARIOUS OF LI LOOKING AT BOOK INSIDE FRIENDSHIP TOWER PAINTING OF THE MARTYRS OF THE CHINESE MILITARY VOLUNTEERS EXTERIOR OF THE KIM IL-SUNG UNIVERSITY VARIOUS OF LI LOOKING AT COMPUTER VARIOUS OF STUDENTS APPLAUDING LI VARIOUS OF LI VISITING UNIVERSITY
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  • Location: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
  • Country: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAEO5Z3DMK80DVEN070J22XJXXY
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il discussed a return to nuclear talks with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang as the two met in Pyongyang on Monday (October 24).
    Kim told Li, the man likely to succeed Wen Jiabao as Premier, that a moribund 2005 deal should be the basis for fresh talks about Pyongyang's nuclear programme, Chinese state media reported, leaving unanswered a key question on uranium enrichment.
    The United States and South Korea insist that the North must immediately halt its uranium enrichment programme, which it unveiled last year, as a precursor to restart regional talks that offer economic aid in return for denuclearisation.
    Pyongyang says its uranium enrichment programme is designed to produce power.
    North Korea walked out of the negotiations, which also involve Russia and Japan, more than two years ago after the United Nations imposed fresh sanctions for a long-range missile test.
    Li also met with North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong-nam on Monday, the second day of his three-day visit to isolated state.
    He has also visited the friendship tower, built to commemorate Chinese soldiers who died in the Korean war.
    Li's visit coincides with two-day talks between North Korea and the United States, held in Geneva. The U.S. side said on Monday that some progress were made, although issues still remained.
    Throughout the regional turbulence, Beijing has stood by its ally, North Korea, which it sees as a buffer against the influence of the United States and its allies.
    But China has also tried to preserve ties with South Korea, and to revive the stalled talks on North Korean nuclear disarmament.
    Li will visit South Korea after his trip to the North.
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