US, North Korea Meet for the first time since Kim Jong Il death

24.02.2012

Diplomats from the US and North Korea held talks on issues like disarmament in Beijing on Thursday resuming bilateral talks for the first time since the death of Kim Jong Il in December.
The resumption of Thursday’s talks could also pave the way for the return to table for 

the six-nation talks involving South Korea, Japan, Russia and China on issues concerning the two Koreas. Officials from Washington and Pyongyang had met twice last year and, according to analysts, were almost ready to ink a deal where the US would provide food to North Korea in exchange for the Communist regime suspending uranium when Kim Jong Il died.

Today’s meetings – the first was held in the North Korean embassy and the second one at the US embassy – which were said to be exploratory could also give indications about what the new leader, Kim’s son, Kim Jun Un, and his government.