Washington seeking for normal relations with North Korea

Washington seeking for normal relations with North Korea

"We want to achieve a negotiated solution to the nuclear issue and we would like to establish more normal relations with North Korea through the six-party process ... we hope that they don't carry out the test" Vershbow said after meeting with former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung to discuss his planned visit to the North next week.

The six-party talks on the North's nuclear program have been stalled since November, with the North refusing to attend in anger over a U.S. crackdown on its alleged illegal financial activity, the AP reports.