N.Korea's Kim calls for nuclear talks, doubts on uranium

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il told Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang that a stalled 2005 deal should be the basis for fresh talks about the North's nuclear programme, Chinese media reported, leaving unanswered the key question of uranium enrichment.

The United States and South Korea insist that the North must immediately halt its uranium enrichment programme, which it unveiled last year, as a precursor to restart talks that offer economic aid in return for denuclearisation.