China, US hold talks on North Korea nuclear crisis

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — China's special envoy for North Korea flew in here for talks with US officials ahead of an international meeting on the nuclear crisis gripping the Korean peninsula, the US State Department said.

Special envoy Ning Fuqui met with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and other officials to set the pace for a working group meeting next week among China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, the United States and Russia to help end Pyongyang's nuclear drive.

"They discussed the progress of the six-party talks and the upcoming working group meeting beginning in Beijing on May 12th," US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.

He said Ning would have further consultations with US Special Envoy for North Korea Joseph DiTrani, and also...