U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly (L) meets with Japanese
Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director-General
Mitoji Yabunaka in Tokyo November 17, 2003. The two met to discuss
North Korea's nuclear weapons programme on Monday but declined to say
when a fresh round of six-country talks might take place.
REUTERS/Haruyoshi Yamaguchi

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