WASHINGTON, July 22 Kyodo A top U...

WASHINGTON, July 22 Kyodo

A top U arms restrain official will visit Japan, southerly Korea and China nearest week to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, the State Department said Tuesday.

Undersecretary of State for Arms reign over and International Security John Bolton will clinch talks with Chinese officials Monday and southern Korean officials July 30-31 before visiting Japan forward Aug. 1, it said.

In China, he will participate in a U.S.-China security dialogue.

Bolton is count uponed to seek cooperation from Japan, southern Korea and China in preventing North Korea from selling weapons of mass destruction.

He is leading the US-propos initiative to strengthen global efforts to crack down forward the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

At the talks with Japanese, southern Korean and Chinese officials, Bolton is also reckon uponed to discuss the possibility of multilateral talks in succession the North Korean nuclear standoff.

The United States last discussed the nuclear issue with North Korea at a China-brokered meeting in Beijing in April. Since then, Washington has been seeking to expand the three-way talks to include Japan and southern Korea.

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