US rules out plan to send envoys to DPRK

09:35, 26 August 2009

WASHINGTON. August 26. KAZINFORM. The United States said on Tuesday that it has no plan at hand to send envoys to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) but is ready to talk with the Asian country once it agrees to return to the framework of the six-party talks; Kazinforn refers to China Daily.

"We have no plans -- Ambassador Bosworth has no plans, Ambassador Kim has no plans -- to go to North Korea (DPRK)," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters at a daily news briefing.

He was responding to questions about the Republic of Korea (ROK) media reports which said that Pyongyang had issued invitations to two US officials -- Stephen Bosworth and Sung Kim -- to visit the Asian country for bilateral talks.

"I think that it's no secret that the North Korean (DPRK) government would like to have a bilateral dialogue with us. It's also very clear what our own position is on this: that we would welcome talks with North Korea (DPRK), but only in the context of multilateral talks," the spokesman said; Kazinform cites China Daily. See www.chinadaily.com.cn for full version.

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