U.S. envoy to meet with North Korea about nuclear program

February 13, 2012 at 11:31 a.m.

by The Associated Press

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Affairs Glyn Davies speaks to journalists at a hotel in Beijing Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Davies wrapped up his visit to China on Thursday after holding talks with Chinese officials on possibilities for a dialogue with the North on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Affairs Glyn Davies speaks to journalists at a hotel in Beijing Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Davies wrapped up his visit to China on Thursday after holding talks with Chinese officials on possibilities for a dialogue with the North on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

WASHINGTON — A U.S. envoy will hold talks with North Korea on its nuclear program in Beijing next week.

Glyn Davies, the U.S. envoy on North Korea, will meet Feb. 23 with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters Monday.

It will be the third round of these bilateral talks since last summer, which are aimed at restarting aid-for-disarmament negotiations on North Korea’s nuclear program. North Korea pulled out of the multi-nation talks in 2009.

This meeting will be the first since Kim Jong Il died Dec. 17.

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