CHINA: U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES KELLY IS DUE TO BEGIN TALKS ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS
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223011
CHINA: U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES KELLY IS DUE TO BEGIN TALKS ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS
- Title: CHINA: U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES KELLY IS DUE TO BEGIN TALKS ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS
- Date: 16th January 2003
- Summary: (W1) BEIJING, CHINA (JANUARY 15, 2003)(REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR CHINA WORLD HOTEL; SLV JOURNALISTS (2 SHOTS) 0.12 2. MV U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES KELLY IN LOBBY OF HOTEL TALKING WITH U.S. DIPLOMATS; MV KELLY WALKING 0.18 3. SOUNDBITE (English) KELLY SAYING "I'm looking forward to some chats today with Chinese colleagues to talk about problems, Sino-American issues, issues involving the DPRK. I had excellent meetings in Korea. I am very reassured. We have to keep talking with each other to make sure that things come out in the best possible way and that's why I'm making this third visit to Beijing in the last few months. There's no substitute for communication. I don't expect any particular news from my attending here today. It's just an occasion to work with respected colleagues on problems that concern all of us." 1.16 4. MV KELLY SPEAKING; MV KELLY WALKING OUT; MV KELLY GOING INTO CAR; SLV CAR DRIVING OFF (8 SHOTS) 2.09 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 31st January 2003 12:00
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- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
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- Story Text: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly is due to
begin talks in Beijing on the North Korean nuclear crisis.
Before the meetings got underway, Kelly told reporters that
dialogue was the only way forward.
Kelly was expected to face pressure from China,
North Korea's main ally, to hold talks with Pyongyang as
soon as possible.
His visit to China comes as officials in Washington
called "false" a report by Japan's Kyodo news agency that the
U.S. had proposed giving North Korea a security guarantee in a
letter from President George W. Bush to leader Kim Jong-il.
"I'm looking forward to some chats today with Chinese
colleagues to talk about problems, Sino-American issues,
issues involving the DPRK (North Korea)," Kelly told
reporters.
"There's no substitute for communication," he said ahead
of a meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing due at 11
a.m. (0300 GMT.)
Kelly, who left his hotel with U.S. ambassador Clark
Randt, was expected to press China to do more to help resolve
the crisis.
On Tuesday, China urged Washington to hold talks with
North Korea on the nuclear impasse and said it was willing to
play host. Beijing, concerned about the prospect of
instability on its eastern border, has been pushing both sides
to talk.
Bush, in a conciliatory overture to Pyongyang, offered to
revive a programme to give North Korea food and energy aid if
it dropped its nuclear ambitions as flurry of diplomatic
efforts to end the standoff intensified around the globe.
Russia announced it planned to send an envoy to key Asian
capitals and an Australian delegation was in Pyongyang for
talks.
Kelly, who arrived in Beijing from Seoul, said he was
reassured by his meetings with leaders of South Korea.
"I had excellent meetings in Korea. I am very reassured.
We have to keep talking with each other to make sure that
things come out in the best possible way and that's why I'm
making this third visit to Beijing in the last few months."
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