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Tue 09 Sep 2009China's prime minister to visit N Korea next week
SEOUL – China’s prime minister will visit reclusive North Korea early next week for a trip that could help revive talks with global powers stalled for nearly a year on ending Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.
Analysts said China, the closest North Korea has to a major ally, would not send such a high-profile visitor unless it had won some assurance from Pyongyang that could ease tension over the nuclear standoff.
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