US top Asia diplomat to visit Beijing
By Cheng Guangjin and Cui Haipei | China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-31 07:59
BEIJING - The United States will send its top diplomat for Asia to China on Tuesday for talks which will include developments in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which analysts said will help stabilize the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
Kurt Campbell, US assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, will visit Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo from Jan 3 to 7, the US State Department said on Thursday.
Campbell will be the most senior US official to visit the region since Kim Jong-il, leader of the DPRK, died on Dec 17.
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