Korean leaders meet to restart inter-Korean talks

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Jakarta, April 23, SPA -- South Korea's prime minister andNorth Korea's No. 2 leader agreed to restart stalledinter-Korean talks during a meeting Saturday on thesidelines of an Asian-African summit in Jakarta, a seniorIndonesian official said. The meeting between Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan and NorthKorea's Kim Yong Nam is the second between the two leaderssince Friday. It addressed key issues including attempts topersuade Pyongyang to return to six-party talks aimed atgetting North Korea to suspend its nuclear program. "They agreed to resume the inter-Korean dialogue ... andthey agreed to exchange views over the six-party talks,"said Jacob Tobing, Indonesia's ambassador to South Korea. "We know they both need this kind of meeting so weoffered to facilitate it. I'm very satisfied. At least onestep has been taken but there is a lot work ahead," saidTobing, who was at the conference with the South Koreandelegation. Earlier Kim Sang Soo, the information attache at the SouthKorean embassy in Jakarta, confirmed a meeting took placebut refused to provide details. Neither leader spoke to reporters as they left the talks,which lasted about 30 minutes.--MORE1058 Local Time 0758 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/257218

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