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North Korea talks suspended for three weeks
(AP/Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-07 13:53

Envoys to North Korean disarmament talks suspended meetings Sunday for three weeks, deadlocked over Pyongyang's insistence on retaining a peaceful nuclear program and over what the North would get in return for renouncing atomic weapons, the Associated Press reported.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei announces a recess of the six-party talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 7, 2005. [Xinhua]
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei announces a recess of the six-party talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing August 7, 2005. [Xinhua]
The latest round of six-nation talks lasted 13 days. The talks are to resume the week of Aug. 29, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei told reporters.

"The specific date of when the talks would resume is yet to be set," Wu said, Xinhua News Agency reported.

During the break, all the parties will keep contact and continue consultations, according to Wu.

"If we are climbing a mountain, we've already seen the peak of it. Now we decide to take a recess so that we can reach the peak more smoothly," Wu said, adding "This is a positive outcome of thefirst phase of the current round of talks." 

Wu said he did not think a three-week break would dampen the momentum of the current round of talks, the Xinhua report said.

However, he warned that even after the break, "I can't say for sure that we will reach agreement."
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