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| The head of the liaison office of China's ruling Communist Party, Wang Jiarui, ended his much anticipated visit to Pyeongyang after Monday's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that Wang delivered a gift to the North Korean leader and the two sat down for talks in which Kim reiterated the regime's goal of a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.
The report said that Kim also highlighted the sincerity of the participating countries to restart the six-party nuclear talks being very important but failed to confirm whether the North is to end its boycott of the forum.
Xinhua added that Wang paid a courtesy call on the reclusive leader and relayed a letter from President Hu Jintao in which the Chinese leader invited Kim to the neighboring communist ally.
Experts say the two may have discussed the resumption of the multilateral talks on nuclear dismantlement and the provision of economic aid to the impoverished North raising a rosy outloo... |
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People enjoy sculptures made of snow at the Snow Festival in Mount Taebaek in Gangwon province.
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Arirang Town
Wednesday, FEB 10, 2010, (KST) 
