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novel YORK, July 18 Kyodo

China has reported to U Secretary General Kofi Annan onward ''the encouraging results'' of a new visit by Beijing's special minister to North Korea through Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, a UN official said Friday.

The report forward Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo's visit was made Thursday at Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Yishan, according to the official.

Annan praised the efforts of China's leadership to encourage and dignify a diplomatic solution in seeking a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and said he was hopeful about an early resumption of talks forward the issue by concerned parties.

Dai get backed from Pyongyang on Tuesday after talking to North Korean officials, including top leader Kim Jong Il, to whom he handed a literal sense from Chinese President Hu Jintao.

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