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'Hill could visit North Korea if agreements met'
Tokyo,
Mar
18:
The
US
envoy
to
talks
on
North
Korea's
nuclear
programme
could
visit
the
communist
state
if
it
carries
out
by
the
middle
of
April
the
steps
agreed
to
in
talks
last
month,
Japan's
NHK
public
television
said
today.
Quoting
US
government
sources,
NHK
said
that
should
Pyongyang
meet
its
commitments,
Assistant
Secretary
of
State
Christopher
Hill
could
visit
North
Korea
as
early
as
the
end
of
April.
No
further
details
were
given.
The
long-running
six-party
talks
reached
a
breakthrough
accord
on
February
13
that
gave
North
Korea
60
days
to
shut
its
Yongbyon
nuclear
plant
in
return
for
aid
and
security
pledges.
Washington
also
agreed
to
defuse
within
30
days
Pyongyang's
complaints
about
a
crackdown
on
Macau's
Banco
Delta
Asia
(BDA),
which
the
US
Treasury
Department
accused
of
harbouring
illegal
North
Korean
earnings.
Another
round
of
the
talks,
which
include
Japan,
China,
Russia
as
well
as
the
United
States
and
North
and
South
Korea,
begin
tomorrow.
Reuters
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