Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy to North Korea, has a 'simple agenda' for his visit to Pyongyang with the main aim of returning the country to the six-party talks, the U.S. Department of State said.
The seasoned U.S. diplomat, who is accompanied on his trip by four other U.S. officials, including Sung Kim, U.S. negotiator to the six-party talks, is expected in North Korea on Tuesday.
Ian Kelly, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State, told a daily press briefing that "we are having these talks to ensure a resumption of the Six-Party Talks and to reaffirm the September 2005 joint statement and its goal of complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. So it's a very, very simple agenda."
However, when asked whether Bosworth is taking any new 'roadmap to disarmament,' Kelly said that he has "no information about any kind of roadmap."
The North has recently hinted that it was willing to return to six-party talks, but insisted it first negotiate directly with the United States to repair "hostile relations."
Washington has been cautious about the expectations of Bosworth's trip, emphasizing that his visit is solely aimed at bringing the reclusive communist regime to talks in multilateral format rather than engaging in bilateral discussions of N. Korea denuclearization issues.
MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti)
