BEIJING - North Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Tuesday he was ready to rejoin six-nation talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear program at “any time,” South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported from Beijing. “We are ready to boldly participate in the talks at any time, as we have taken all the defensive measures through the nuclear test,” Kim Kye-Gwan was quoted as saying.Boldly, eh?
Kim said he arrived at the “kind invitation” of US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, his counterpart in the negotiations, which have been stalled for the past year. “There are a lot of issues between North Korea and the United States,” he said, adding that he would try to narrow the differences.
Actually there's just one ....
Hill is already in Beijing, along with the South Korean and Japanese lead delegates, to try to set a date for a resumption of the talks after Pyongyang stunned the world with its first ever nuclear weapons test on October 9.