China Bluntly Tells North Korea To Return To Nuclear Talks

North Korea Agrees To Return To Nuclear Talks Under Pressure From China -- The Guardian

Pyongyang's special envoy makes concession on nuclear disarmament to ease tensions between communist allies.

North Korea has offered to renew nuclear disarmament talks, according to the Chinese state media.

At a meeting on Thursday between vice-marshal Choe Ryong Hae and Liu Yunshan, a senior figure in the Chinese Communist party, North Korea heeded China's wishes after months of rising friction between the allies, according to reports. Pyongyang's special envoy praised China's work on behalf of peace and stability and its "great efforts to return [Korean] peninsular issues to the channel of dialogue and negotiation," China Central Television reported. It quoted Choe as saying North Korea "is willing to accept the suggestion of the Chinese side and launch dialogue with all relevant parties".

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