Clinton gives NKorea's Kim message from Obama: state media
Wed Aug 5 00:25:26 EST 2009
SEOUL, Aug 4 AFP - Former US President Bill Clinton has met North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang and delivered a verbal message from current President Barack Obama, official media reported.
Clinton arrived in the communist state earlier on Tuesday to seek the release of two jailed US journalists.
Kim hosted a dinner for Clinton at the state guest house and received the message from Obama, according to Radio Pyongyang and the Korean Central Broadcasting Station.
The two exchanged "a broad range of opinion" in their talks, according to the broadcasters monitored by South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
The White House in Washington described Clinton's visit as a "solely private mission to secure the release of two Americans" and refused comment on it.
