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SLUG: 2-298401 China / Kelly / North Koreea
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DATE=01/15/03 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=CHINA KELLY NOKOR (S) NUMBER=2-298401 BYLINE=JIM RANDLE DATELINE=BEIJING CONTENT= VOICED AT= INTRO: A top U-S envoy held talks in China (Wednesday) aimed at encouraging Pyongyang's most important ally to help cool the North Korean nuclear crisis. V-O-A's Jim Randle has the story. TEXT: Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly huddled with China's Vice Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in a meeting that focused on North Korea.
/// KELLY ACT /// We have to keep talking with each other to make sure that things come out in the best possible way. . There is no substitute for communication. /// END ACT /// Officials communicated very little in public on the substance of the talks, but Mr. Kelly was expected to ask China to do everything it can to get Pyongyang to drop its nuclear ambitions. China has urged Washington and Pyongyang to solve the dispute through negotiation, and has offered to host talks. The crisis began last year when Washington said North Korea broke international agreements by trying to build nuclear weapons. Tensions escalated recently as North Korea expelled United Nations nuclear monitors, pulled out of the global nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and threatened to resume testing missiles. (Signed) NEB/HK/JR/KPD
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