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Summary The United States-North Korea talks are scheduled to be held at US mission to the United Nations.
The United States and North Korea hold talks Thursday on how to improve ties and the Stalinist Norths secretive atomic weapons programme, after Pyongyang warned a US missile defense shield would set off a new nuclear arms race.While North Korea went into the New York meetings with a new diplomatic blast at the US administration, Washington said it will be looking for signs that Kim Jong-Ils government is serious about seeking peace.The meetings between delegations led by North Koreas vice foreign minister Kim Kye-gwan and the US special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, are scheduled to be held at the US mission to the United Nations. A second day of contacts are expected to be held Friday.North Korea staged nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009 having agreed in principle during six-nation talks in 2005 to scrap its nuclear weapons programme.
