US considers significant food aid to NKorea

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SEOUL, Oct 9 (BSS/AFP) - The United States is considering providing significant food aid to North Korea in another sign of warming ties between the two Cold War foes, a South Korean official said Tuesday.
Relations improved after the North agreed to disable its nuclear facilities-with the help of US experts-and to declare all its programmes by year-end.
"The US State Department announced in late August a significant food aid package for flood victims in North Korea. The aid will now be more than a flood relief package," a Seoul presidential spokesman told AFP.
The spokesman did not specify how much the US would give or when it would be delivered, saying both sides would meet soon to discuss the aid. The US embassy could not immediately confirm the report.