North Korea seeking visit by Bush and Condoleeza Rice

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/09/24/200509240003.asp

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, is seeking a visit from U.S. President George W. Bush and top U.S. officials as the communist state braces for a fully-fledged negotiation on how to implement agreements reached at the six-party talks on its nuclear dismantlement, sources said yesterday.

Kim recently ordered his Foreign Ministry to arrange a high-profile visit to Pyongyang by top U.S. officials, specifically requesting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, President George W. Bush or former President George H.W. Bush the sources said.

In an apparent follow-up move, North Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Su-hon in New York yesterday said that his country will welcome a visit by chief U.S. delegate to the nuclear talks Christopher Hill in a bid to reach a solution on the nuclear standoff.

With the joint statement of principles signed by the six parties in void of a sequence of nuclear dismantlement and compensations, it is widely viewed that Pyongyang is seeking for a cue on making the first move - a visit by high a level U.S. official being one of the most efficient options, observers here said.

I hope Bush doesn't bring any plastic turkeys with him