[originaltext] BEIJING---Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned Sunday

BEIJING---Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned Sunday that North Korea’s decision to resume nuclear disarmament talks does not mean the United States is any closer to its long-standing goal of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. The six-party discussions, in addition to the United States and North Korea, involve China, South Korea, Japan and Russia. Three rounds of discussions were held during 2003 and 2004, producing scant progress toward the U.S. goal of verifiable dismantling of North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs.