party) talks to have talks. It is the goal of the talks to have progress," Rice told reporters after meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Premier Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao on Sunday. "The issue now is for North Korea to make a strategic choice to give up its nuclear weapons programme," she said. "The nuclear programme has to be dealt with." Rice said a "tremendous flurry of diplomatic activity" had succeeded in getting North Korea to agree to return to the talks. Before their talks, Rice and Li both welcomed North Korea,s agreement to rejoin the six-party talks this month. Rice said she discussed other issues including bilateral trade, terrorism and human rights with Chinese leaders. She said she urged China to hold dialogue with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, and with Taiwan,s elected government. The six-party talks, involving the two Koreas, China, Russia, Japan and the United States, broke down over a year ago. --More 2259 Local Time 1959 GMT
