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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Senior South Korean officials said Monday they are optimistic North Korea will return this month to nuclear disarmament talks after Seoul's point man on the discussions made a visit to the United States last week.
Unification Minister Chung Dong-young told his ministry it should focus on achieving a resumption of the talks this month. "We must make creative efforts for resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue, once the six-party framework is activated and opened," Chung said.
North Korea has for the past year boycotted the talks aimed at shutting down a nuclear program that U.S. intelligence believes already has produced at least two atomic bombs. Those talks include the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia. Previous meetings have been held in Beijing.
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