THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release October 6, 2000
PRESS BRIEFING
BY
JAKE SIEWERT
The James S. Brady Briefing Room
11:45 A.M. EDT
Q Jake, let me ask you about Asia. The President is going to
meet with a top North Korean official next week. Are you looking for
any concrete progress in improving the relations with North Korea?
MR. SIEWERT: Well, this is -- it's on the 10th, PJ? The 10th.
This is an historic meeting, the highest level contact between the
President and a North Korean official in decades. And we expect that
we'll be able to discuss some of the issues that are confronting our
countries. We want to lower tensions on the peninsula, and obviously
take stock of where we are in the missile talks. There have been some
talks in the region and we're going to do everything we can to try to
get a better understanding of the North Korean proposal on missiles, and
we'll see what we can do.
But we'll wait for those meetings to actually happen, and then let
you know, but we obviously see this as an opportunity to follow up on
the historic summit that was held this spring between the two leaders,
and we'll be -- the President will be meeting with him on the 10th.
Q Is there any consideration being given to adding Korea as a
stop on the Asian trip?
MR. SIEWERT: Not that I'm aware of.
Q Is there a real possibility of the President meeting with Mr.
Kim Jung-il at some point while the President is in office?
MR. SIEWERT: Not that I'm aware of. I don't know of any such
plans.
END 12:10 P.M. EDT
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