U..S. To Hold Talks With North Korea On It's Nuclear Program

The funeral procession for North Korean leader Kim Jong Il proceeds through Pyongyang on December 28. CNN

U.S. To Hold First Talks With North Korea Since Kim Jong Il's Death -- CNN

Washington (CNN) -- A U.S. envoy will meet with North Korean officials next week to test that nation's willingness to abandon its nuclear program, the State Department said Monday.

Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies will meet with his counterpart, North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, in Beijing on February 23, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.

Davies just returned from Russia, where he discussed continuing efforts to get North Korea to disarm.

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