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N.Korea demands US security guarantee for nuclear talks-Carter Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:31am GMT * Carter:N.Korea seeks guarantees to abandon nuclear programme * Says absence of peace treaty from 1950-53 war a "tragedy" * Experts say statesmen may still meet N.Korean leader, son By Jeremy Laurence SEOUL, April 28 (Reuters) - Reclusive North Korea has refused to make major concessions in talks with ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter, insisting Washington provide some kind of security guarantee in return for giving up its nuclear weapons programme, the former leader said in a blog. Carter and three other former state leaders -- known...

U.S. promises to guarantee N. Korea's security if it dismantles nukes SEOUL, Dec. 14 KYODO The United States has told North Korea it will guarantee the country's security in writing if North Korea takes concrete steps to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday. The United States made the offer when chief U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill and his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan met in Beijing late last month, Yonhap quoted diplomatic sources as saying. In the Beijing talks, the United States reiterated it has no intention of attacking North Korea and is willing to...