January 14, 2003

Yahoo! News - Russia's Putin to Send Envoy to North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to send a special envoy to Pyongyang, Beijing and Washington as part of moves to defuse North Korea's nuclear stand-off with the United States, Russia's defense minister said Tuesday.

Australian Officials Head to N.Korea for Talks

Australian officials passed through Beijing Tuesday en route to North Korea to express concern about the nuclear impasse and try to help resolve the potentially explosive problem.

China Offers to Host U.S.-N.Korea Talks

China offered Tuesday to host talks between the United States and North Korea over their nuclear standoff and Russia said it planned to send a top official to key capitals to help find a diplomatic solution.

Yes! Let China host it! They hate everybody!
Isn't it nice to have our "friends and allies" (no irony intended for Australia, BTW) join in to help the world with the NorK nuke crisis and not have it remain a NorK-U.S. problem?