DPRK and U.S. look to another round of talks
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Xinhua, September 22, 2011
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States are looking at holding a second round of dialogue early next month as part of renewed efforts to restart talks on disabling the DPRK's nuclear weapons program, Republic of Korea's(ROK) media reported on Thursday.
Yonhap news agency quoted an unnamed ROK official as saying the meeting could take place in a third country, with the cities of Singapore, Berlin and Geneva among the possible choices.
The foreign ministry in Seoul could not be reached for comment on the report.
On Wednesday, the two Koreas' nuclear envoys met for second time in two months in Beijing, amid a thaw in tensions on the divided peninsula.
Both sides said the talks were productive and useful, but did not produce any breakthroughs to allow for a restart of the regional nuclear talks, which the DPRK walked out of more than two years ago.
"DPRK is pushing to hold the next round of bilateral talks with the U.S. in Pyongyang, but Washington is strongly against it," said the senior ROK official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
"Currently, the two sides are discussing the possibility of meeting in a third country."
