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 BEIJING (AP) - The top U.S. negotiator on North Korea's nuclear programs said Thursday he had no plans to meet the isolated regime's leader while in China, where Kim Jong Il is widely believed to have traveled.
Kim was reported to have gone by train Tuesday to China, his country's closest ally. But the trip has yet to be officially announced by North Korean or Chinese authorities, and his ultimate destination was unknown.
Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Hill arrived Thursday from Seoul and met with his Chinese counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei. Hill said earlier he hoped to learn the latest North Korean thinking, but declined to give any details as he emerged from the meeting at a government guesthouse.
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