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North Korea says agrees to talks with South

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Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:06pm EST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to a proposal by South Korea to open inter-Korean ministerial talks, Pyongyang's official media said on Wednesday, a day after it reached an energy-for-arms deal in international negotiations.

The state-run KCNA news agency said Pyongyang's head of delegation to inter-Korean talks had made the offer in a telephone call to his counterpart in Seoul.

"In the message, the head of the North side delegation agreed to the proposal for having a working contact between delegates for the opening of the talks," KCNA said.


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