NKorea says agreement with US on some issues

Beijing, Feb 9: North Korea's delegate to six-party talks onits nuclear weapons programme said today there had been agreement onsome issues with the United States.

Chief negotiator Kim Kye-gwan said: ''We have been able to reachagreement on some issues'', after meeting US delegate Christopher Hill.

''There are still differences on a series of issues in the overalltalks, so we will try to work them out,'' he said. ''You should not tryto count the chickens before they hatch, as somebody said.'' Since2003, the talks have brought together host China, South and NorthKorea, the United States, Japan and Russia in a tortuous effort tocurtail Pyongyang's nuclear plans.

Reuters

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