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| S. Korean nuclear envoy likely to meet Bosworth next week |
| 2009-07-30 |
| SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top nuclear negotiator Wi Sung-lac may meet key U.S. officials, including Washington's point man on North Korea, at an international seminar he will likely attend in Hawaii next week, a diplomatic source here said Wednesday. Wi received an invitation from the East-West Center, an established education and research organization focused on the Asia-Pacific region, to attend the closed-door forum slated for Aug. 4-5, according to the source. "He is positively considering attending it," the source said, requesting anonymity. The "1.5-track" seminar will draw dozens of Asia-Pacific scholars and government officials, including Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Keith Luse, senior professional staff member with the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Frank Jannuzi, senior East Asia specialist with the Foreign Relations Committee, James Kelly, former assistant secretary of state who handled negotiations with North Korea, and Marcus Noland, senior researcher at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, are also expected to attend, according to organizers. If Wi meets Bosworth there, the two are expected to discuss details of the proposed 'comprehensive package' of incentives for North Korea should the communist nation dismantle its nuclear program in a complete and irreversible way, Wi's aides said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |