China Sending Special Envoy to N. Korea
China Sending Special Envoy to North Korea Following Visit From U.S. Secretary of State
China will send a special envoy to North Korea next week after weekend talks with visiting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on efforts to restart nuclear disarmament negotiations, the government said Friday.
State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan will visit the North from Tuesday to Thursday as an envoy of President Hu Jintao, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
The one-sentence statement didn't say whom Tang would meet or what message he would carry to the North.Rice is expected to visit Beijing on Sunday to discuss efforts to end a 13-month-old impasse in talks aimed at persuading the North to relinquish its nuclear program.
U.S. officials complain that China isn't trying hard enough to prod its ally Pyongyang back into talks. Beijing is the impoverished North's main supplier of food and fuel aid.China has hosted three rounds of six-nation talks on U.S. demands that the North give up its nuclear program. The talks also include Japan, South Korea and Russia.
State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan will visit the North from Tuesday to Thursday as an envoy of President Hu Jintao, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
The one-sentence statement didn't say whom Tang would meet or what message he would carry to the North.Rice is expected to visit Beijing on Sunday to discuss efforts to end a 13-month-old impasse in talks aimed at persuading the North to relinquish its nuclear program.
U.S. officials complain that China isn't trying hard enough to prod its ally Pyongyang back into talks. Beijing is the impoverished North's main supplier of food and fuel aid.China has hosted three rounds of six-nation talks on U.S. demands that the North give up its nuclear program. The talks also include Japan, South Korea and Russia.
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