Posted on 06/27/2002 2:56:52 PM PDT by Dallas
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - In another sign of accelerating re-engagement, the United States and North Korea are expected to meet on Friday in New York to discuss details for the start of formal talks, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
"The U.S. will be talking to the North Koreans very soon," said one official, who subsequently acknowledged that a meeting had been set for Friday.
U.S. envoy Jack Pritchard met Pak Gil-yon, the head of the North Korean mission to the United Nations, in New York two weeks ago to prepare for the next stage of a dialogue proposed by U.S. President George W. Bush and accepted by North Korea.
That meeting was to "confirm that we wanted to talk" and that the U.S. approach would be on "a whole game plan," the official told Reuters.
Friday's contacts in New York will focus on more specific details of scheduling the anticipated formal negotiations -- the "who, what and when," he said.
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