U.S. congressmen meet North Korean officials

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. congressmen meet North Korean officials

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

(01-12) 02:02 PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) --

A group of U.S. congressmen met with North Korea's foreign minister in Pyongyang on Wednesday, the communist state's official news agency said, in an effort to persuade the North to rejoin talks on its nuclear weapons ambitions.

A bipartisan delegation led by Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a four-day visit as part of efforts to keep dialogue open between the United States and North Korea, especially over the North's nuclear weapons program.

The delegation met Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun on Wednesday, said the North's official Korean Central News Agency. The brief dispatch did not give further details.

From Pyongyang, the six U.S. lawmakers will travel to Russia, South Korea, China and Japan -- the four other countries involved in six-nation negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
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Republican Rep. Curt Weldon,
Pennsylvania