BEIJING - North Korea agreed Tuesday to rejoin six-nation nuclear disarmament talks in a surprise diplomatic breakthrough three weeks after the communist regime conducted its first known atomic test, the Chinese government said. The U.S. envoy said they could resume as early as November.
Chinese, U.S. and North Korean envoys to the negotiations held a day of unpublicized talks in Beijing during which North Korea agreed to return to the larger six-nation talks on its nuclear programs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
"The three parties agreed to resume the six-party talks at the earliest convenient time," the Chinese statement said.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said the talks could resume in November or December but all six countries - the U.S., the two Koreas, Japan and Russia - needed to agree to the date.
"We believe it will be in November or possibly in December," he said at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
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