North Korea nuke talks set to convene amid optimism
USA TodayPosted: February 8th, 2007 by Thomas L. Knapp
“North Korea expressed its readiness Thursday to discuss initial steps of its nuclear disarmament, raising hopes for the first tangible progress at international talks on Pyongyang’s atomic weapons program since they began more than three years ago. ‘We are prepared to discuss first-stage measures,’ the North’s nuclear envoy Kim Kye Gwan said on arriving in Beijing for the six-nation negotiations set to start later Thursday.” (02/07/07)
