BEIJING A senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday that the six-party negotiations in Beijing aimed at scrapping North Korea's nuclear weapons programs were so far unable to reach agreement on core negotiating points for future talks because of the North's unwillingness to compromise.


"Fundamentally," the U.S. deputy secretary of state, Robert Zoellick, told a news briefing in Beijing, "the sense that I get is that there are five parties that are pretty close to agreement on those principles, and the key question is whether North Korea is willing to make the strategic decision it needs to make to go forward."
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I really can't see North Korea giving up their new toys for anyone.
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . Rigid North Korean stance stalls nuclear talks BEIJING A senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday that the six-party negotiations in Beijing aimed at scrapping North Korea's nuclear weapons programs were so far unable to reach agreement on core negotiating points for future talks because of the North's unwillingness to compromise. "Fundamentally," the U.S. deputy secretary of state, Robert Zoellick, told a news briefing in Beijing, "the sense that I get is that there are five parties that are pretty close to agreement on those Rating: 5