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Clinton to discuss N. Korean provocations at Clinton to discuss N. Korean provocations at ASEAN forum: State Dept. forum: State Dept.
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, July 14 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend a regional security forum in Phuket, Thailand, next week to discuss North Korea's recent provocations and other regional and global issues, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.
"I imagine that North Korea will be a topic at the ASEAN meeting," spokesman Ian
Kelly said at a daily news briefing, referring to the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations, meeting at the Thai island resort.
Clinton's weeklong trip, beginning Friday, will include talks in New Delhi,
India, on bilateral cooperation.
Kelly said a formal itinerary, to include a number of bilateral meetings, could
be announced Wednesday.
It is possible but unlikely that representatives from South Korea, the United
States, China, Russia and Japan will meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN forum to
address North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions. Those nations are part of
the stalled six-party talks on North Korean nuclear disarmament.
China, host of the talks, has been lukewarm to the idea of convening a meeting
without North Korea, apparently out of fear of provoking Pyongyang. North Korea
has been boycotting the nuclear talks in anger over international sanctions for
its nuclear and missile tests.
Reports indicate that North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun will not attend
the forum in Thailand on July 22-23, but will send an ambassador-at-large.
Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific,
is visiting Seoul and Tokyo ahead of the forum to meet with officials on ways to
persuade North Korea to return to the six-party talks.
Campbell will also likely follow up on discussions on implementing financial
sanctions and an arms embargo on North Korea.
Philip Goldberg, U.S. interagency coordinator for implementation of the
sanctions, recently met with officials in Asian capitals to discuss U.N. Security
Council Resolution 1874, adopted after North Korea's nuclear test May 25.
WASHINGTON, July 14 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend a regional security forum in Phuket, Thailand, next week to discuss North Korea's recent provocations and other regional and global issues, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.
"I imagine that North Korea will be a topic at the ASEAN meeting," spokesman Ian
Kelly said at a daily news briefing, referring to the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations, meeting at the Thai island resort.
Clinton's weeklong trip, beginning Friday, will include talks in New Delhi,
India, on bilateral cooperation.
Kelly said a formal itinerary, to include a number of bilateral meetings, could
be announced Wednesday.
It is possible but unlikely that representatives from South Korea, the United
States, China, Russia and Japan will meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN forum to
address North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions. Those nations are part of
the stalled six-party talks on North Korean nuclear disarmament.
China, host of the talks, has been lukewarm to the idea of convening a meeting
without North Korea, apparently out of fear of provoking Pyongyang. North Korea
has been boycotting the nuclear talks in anger over international sanctions for
its nuclear and missile tests.
Reports indicate that North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun will not attend
the forum in Thailand on July 22-23, but will send an ambassador-at-large.
Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific,
is visiting Seoul and Tokyo ahead of the forum to meet with officials on ways to
persuade North Korea to return to the six-party talks.
Campbell will also likely follow up on discussions on implementing financial
sanctions and an arms embargo on North Korea.
Philip Goldberg, U.S. interagency coordinator for implementation of the
sanctions, recently met with officials in Asian capitals to discuss U.N. Security
Council Resolution 1874, adopted after North Korea's nuclear test May 25.
