Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Rice urges South Koreans to eat US beef

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted Saturday that U.S. beef is safe to eat and urged South Koreans to accept their government's decision to lift a ban on the products.

Rice also said she hoped the beef controversy won't distract from important issues facing the U.S. and South Korea, most notably the six-nation talks over North Korea's nuclear program.

"In terms of differences that sometimes arise from trade disputes, they are normal in relations between states," Rice told a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan.

Rice arrived in Seoul a day after neighboring North Korea destroyed the cooling tower at …

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