Official: N. Korea ready to limit weapons tests

MOSCOW (AP) ? A spokeswoman for Russia's president says North Korea is ready to impose a moratorium on tests of weapons of mass destruction.

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  By RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service via AP

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Il listens to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, not seen, during Wednesday's meeting at a military garrison outside Ulan-Ude.

By RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service via AP

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il listens to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, not seen, during Wednesday's meeting at a military garrison outside Ulan-Ude.

The ITAR-Tass news agency quotes Natalya Timakova as making the statement after talks Wednesday between North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Timakova said North Korea is ready to resume international talks on its nuclear program without preconditions and "in the course of the talks North Korea will be ready to resolve the question of imposing a moratorium on tests and production of nuclear missile weapons."

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