WASHINGTON POST: …Russian news agencies, meanwhile, reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il said his country is ready to resume talks “without preconditions.”…
The six-sided nuclear talks have been long-stalled, but Kim’s Russia trip comes as his country pushes to restart them. South Korea and Washington have demanded that the North first show its sincerity on fulfilling past nuclear commitments…
Medvedev said Russia and North Korea also moved forward on a proposed project to ship natural gas to South Korea through a pipeline that crosses North Korea…. (more)
EDITOR: Another foreign policy success for the Obama administration?
