29 September 2000
Text: State Department Statement on North Korean Special Envoy
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
September 29, 2000
STATEMENT BY RICHARD BOUCHER, SPOKESMAN
DPRK SPECIAL ENVOY TO VISIT WASHINGTON OCTOBER 9-12
Democratic People's Republic of Korea National Defense Commission
First Vice Chairman Cho Myong Nok will visit Washington October 9-12
as the Special Envoy of Chairman Kim Jong Il.
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright will be the official host of
the visit. Cho will also be received by the President in the course of
the visit. The Secretary will lead substantive discussions between the
two delegations. She will be joined by Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman,
Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State and North
Korea Policy Coordinator.
Both the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
believe that Special Envoy Cho's visit constitutes an important step
forward in improving bilateral relations and will contribute to the
goal of ending the long-standing state of hostility on the Korean
Peninsula.
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