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| Norks made little concessions to Chinese envoy |
| 2010-12-13 |
| SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have made little concessions when a top Chinese official visited Pyongyang earlier this week on an apparent mission to defuse tensions over the North's recent artillery attack on a South Korean island, a Seoul official said Saturday. Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang on Thursday for discussions on matters of mutual concern that outside analysts believe included the Nov. 23 attack. China briefed Seoul on the outcome of the Kim-Dai meeting through diplomatic channels on Friday night, said the official, requesting anonymity. "I can't speak in detail, but regarding North Korea's position, it appears that there is little difference in the position that it has been sticking to," the official said, declining to provide further specifics. Beijing has been under growing international pressure to exercise its influence to discourage North Korea from further provocations. China's Xinhua News Agency gave few details of the Dai-Kim meeting, saying only that the two sides "reached consensus on bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula after candid and in-depth talks." |
| Posted by:Steve White |