Subject: The Obama administration has maintained that it would accept bilateral talks with North Korea — long a goal of Mr. Kim's government — only if the North agrees to return to six-party talks. The Obama administration has maintained that it would accept bilateral talks with North Korea — long a goal of Mr. Kim's government — only if the North agrees to return to six-party talks. It has urged China, host to the six-nation discussions and North Korea's last major ally and trading partner, to use its influence to persuade Pyongyang to return to the multilateral forum.
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