BEIJING, Nov. 19 Kyodo U Assistan...

BEIJING, Nov. 19 Kyodo

U Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly is meeting with Chinese Foreign Ministry officials Wednesday to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons program and bilateral issues.

Kelly in charge of East Asian and Pacific affairs, arrived in Beijing onward Tuesday evening after a similar stop in Japan.

The U Embassy in Beijing calls Kelly's China's trip a ''preparatory'' visit geared to restarting the six-country talks forward what to do about North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions.

The first session of discussions among China, the United States, North and southerly Korea, Russia and Japan extremityed without resolution in late August and the six are trying to finish them going again.

A main sticking point, however, has been guaranteeing North Korea's security if it small quantitys its nuclear weapons development.

Kelly will nearest go to Seoul to talk with southern Korean officials about the same issues.

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