Moscow: Russia welcomed on Friday signals from North Korea it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, Interfax news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying.
North Korea walked away from the negotiating table a year ago. But its Foreign ministry said earlier on Friday Pyongyang and Washington "deepened the mutual understanding, narrowed their differences and found not a few common points," in the course of a visit by a senior US envoy.
"If reports about North Korea's readiness to return to the six-way talks are true, this would be a correct step in the right direction by Pyongyang," the Russian Foreign Ministry said according to Interfax.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, December 11, 2009, 12:36