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Fri 12 Dec 2009Private letter from Obama to Kim Jong-il urged return to talks
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama sent a highly classified letter to North Korea’s Kim Jong-il urging the reclusive leader to continue with peace talks, as the North’s only major ally, China, called on both Washington and Pyongyang to stay on the path of dialogue.
During a meeting with South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak, China’s vice-president Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao’s anointed heir, said the situation on the peninsula was undergoing “a very big change” since talks between US envoy Stephen Bosworth and North Korean officials.
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