Report: N. Korea not planning second nuke test
October 20, 2006
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told a visiting Chinese delegation that the communist nation was not planning a second nuclear weapons test, a South Korean news agency reported Friday.
The news agency, Yonhap, attributed the information to a diplomatic source in Beijing.
Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan led a delegation that met Kim on Thursday in Pyongyang to deliver a message from Chinese President Hu Jintao.
The report came as China and the United States urged North Korea to break the stalemate and return to peaceful dialogue.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing called for "coolheadedness" by all parties, while his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, spoke of "a path to negotiation."...
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