Important to restart 6-party N Korea talks, US envoy says

TOKYO - The US envoy to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programmes said on Monday it was very important to get the talks going again.

"I think what is very important is that we get the six-party process going,'' US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill told reporters.

Hill also said he thought it was important that any one country not be allowed to veto the six-party process.

Hill is travelling in Asia to meet the six-party players apart from Pyongyang to come up with a unified voice in response to North Korea's firing of seven missiles last Wednesday.

- REUTERS