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Thu, 10/06/2011 - 02:15
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S. Korea's new chief nuclear envoy to visit U.S.
SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's newly appointed chief nuclear envoy will visit the United States immediately to prepare for next week's summit meeting between the two countries' leaders and to hold talks on North Korean issues, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
The trip comes just one day after Lim Sung-nam was appointed special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs on Wednesday, replacing Wi Sung-lac, who was named as South Korea's ambassador to Russia. Lim will take over as Seoul's chief negotiator at the six-party nuclear disarmament talks.
During his three-day visit starting Thursday, Lim will meet with U.S. officials to coordinate a joint stance on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs ahead of the Oct. 13 meeting in Washington between Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Barack Obama, a ministry official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
Lim will also meet with officials at the U.S. State Department and the National Security Council to brief them on the results of last month's second round of inter-Korean denuclearization talks held in Beijing, the ministry added in a press release.
The sides are expected to discuss the next steps in the dialogue with North Korea and preconditions Seoul and Washington insist be met by Pyongyang before the resumption of the stalled six-party talks, the release said.
The U.S. is likely to hold a second round of denuclearization talks with North Korea soon after the Seoul-Washington summit, a senior government official recently told reporters on condition of anonymity.
The rounds of bilateral talks between the Koreas since July are hoped to contribute to reviving the six-party negotiations, which offer economic and political aid to North Korea in exchange for its nuclear disarmament. The forum, also involving China, Japan and Russia, was last held in late 2008.
The trip comes just one day after Lim Sung-nam was appointed special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs on Wednesday, replacing Wi Sung-lac, who was named as South Korea's ambassador to Russia. Lim will take over as Seoul's chief negotiator at the six-party nuclear disarmament talks.
During his three-day visit starting Thursday, Lim will meet with U.S. officials to coordinate a joint stance on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs ahead of the Oct. 13 meeting in Washington between Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Barack Obama, a ministry official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
Lim will also meet with officials at the U.S. State Department and the National Security Council to brief them on the results of last month's second round of inter-Korean denuclearization talks held in Beijing, the ministry added in a press release.
The sides are expected to discuss the next steps in the dialogue with North Korea and preconditions Seoul and Washington insist be met by Pyongyang before the resumption of the stalled six-party talks, the release said.
The U.S. is likely to hold a second round of denuclearization talks with North Korea soon after the Seoul-Washington summit, a senior government official recently told reporters on condition of anonymity.
The rounds of bilateral talks between the Koreas since July are hoped to contribute to reviving the six-party negotiations, which offer economic and political aid to North Korea in exchange for its nuclear disarmament. The forum, also involving China, Japan and Russia, was last held in late 2008.
