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 outlook that Pyeongyang could soon return to the six-way talks in exchange for Beijing's financial support.
Meanwhile, Wang arrived in Beijing accompanied by North Korea's nuclear envoy Kim Kye-gwan and lead nuclear negotiator Ri Gun on Tuesday indicating that some sort of understanding could have been reached between the two sides on the resumption of stalled aid-for-denuclearization dialogue.
The speculation has been largely backed by North Korea's dire economic situation brought on by tougher UN sanctions and a confiscatory currency reform launched last November that may have prompted the regime to seek ways to return to the table for incentives.
Yoo Ji-hae, Arirang News.
FEB 09, 2010
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