"It is certainly our hope that based on discussions in Pyongyang that the six-party talks resume expeditiously and we can get back to important work of denuclearization."

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

They said the emerging sanctions are aimed not at causing added hardship for the North Korean people but blocking illicit transactions supporting Pyongyang's weapons programs and prompting it back to nuclear talks.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

She said she and Lavrov agreed on the need to get North Korea back to the six-party talks but said the other participating countries "may have to show some patience" before that is achieved.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

"There's been a bump in the road here, but it will be good to get back to the talks there will be good days and bad days, as there always are in these sorts of negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

"They stress over and over again in domestic propaganda, 'we are not going back to the six party talks.' Now I realize that North Korea has said in the past has said in the past, it ain't coming back, and then it comes back anyway,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.26