North Korea: North Korea ready to return to six-party talks

North Korea says it is ready to return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program if progress also is made on talks with the United States.

The statement was issued Tuesday in North Korean state-run media. The KCNA news agency said Pyongyang's readiness to re-join the multilateral talks is dependent on the outcome of talks with the United States.

U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Monday that the U.S. remains willing to engage North Korea "bilaterally within the framework of the six-party process" to convince it to give up its nuclear weapons.

Agencies

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