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| Envoys meet to discuss N Korea | |
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| Top negotiators from the US and North Korea are holding talks in a bid to break a deadlock on a deal aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programme. | |
| Christopher Hill is meeting counterpart Kim Kye-gwan at the US mission in the Swiss city of Geneva. | |
| North Korea agreed last year to end its nuclear activities in return for economic aid. | North Korea agreed last year to end its nuclear activities in return for economic aid. |
| But progress on the deal stalled after Pyongyang missed a year-end deadline to fully disclose its nuclear programmes. | But progress on the deal stalled after Pyongyang missed a year-end deadline to fully disclose its nuclear programmes. |
| The two men met in Beijing last month but failed to achieve a breakthrough. | |
| Enriched uranium | Enriched uranium |
| Since agreeing to the disarmament deal in February 2007, North Korea has closed its Yongbyon nuclear reactor. | Since agreeing to the disarmament deal in February 2007, North Korea has closed its Yongbyon nuclear reactor. |
| But, says the US, it did not produce a complete declaration of its nuclear activities by the end of 2007, as promised. | But, says the US, it did not produce a complete declaration of its nuclear activities by the end of 2007, as promised. |
| In Pictures: Yongbyon reactor One issue is whether or not Pyongyang has a secret programme to enrich uranium for weapons purposes. | In Pictures: Yongbyon reactor One issue is whether or not Pyongyang has a secret programme to enrich uranium for weapons purposes. |
| Another is whether it has been involved in transferring nuclear technology to other countries. | Another is whether it has been involved in transferring nuclear technology to other countries. |
| North Korea denies both allegations and says it has already given Washington full details of its nuclear programmes. | North Korea denies both allegations and says it has already given Washington full details of its nuclear programmes. |
| It accuses the US and other parties to the deal - South Korea, China, Russia and Japan - of failing to provide agreed aid. | It accuses the US and other parties to the deal - South Korea, China, Russia and Japan - of failing to provide agreed aid. |
| It also wants the US to remove it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. | It also wants the US to remove it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. |
| Talks were expected to last a day but could extend into Friday if necessary, a US State Department spokesman said. | Talks were expected to last a day but could extend into Friday if necessary, a US State Department spokesman said. |