Baku-APA. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Il has reportedly expressed his willingness to resume long suspended talks over his country’s nuclear weapons program, APA reports quoting presstv.ir website.
South Korean media reports that Kim Yung-Il has made the pledge in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.
Pyongyang walked out of the talks in 2009 after the UN toughened its sanctions over North Korea’s long-range missile test.
Kim’s alleged remarks come as tensions have risen between Pyongyang and Seoul.
This comes after a South Korean ship sank near disputed waters in March.
Seoul suspects that Pyongyang may be responsible. It says it will not return to the six-party talks on the North’s nuclear program before an investigation into the incident is concluded.
China, a member of the six-party group, has said that negotiations are the best way to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
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