BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: We're going to shift our focus overseas and talk about some very significant meetings. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says she and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, have made important progress during talks that have made history. But, and there is a but here, Albright says more work needs to be done. CNN's Andrea Koppel, now, is in Pyongyang.</s>ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): With only a few hours remaining of her time here in North Korea, Secretary Albright has one final event on her schedule, a dinner that she will host this evening at which North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will also be present. All told, Secretary Albright said that she spent six hours, intensive hours, in discussions with the reclusive North Korean leader. She also spent a number of hours in informal private discussions both during dinner time, as well as during an extravaganza that the North Korean leader put on for her last night at one of the stadiums here in town. Now Secretary Albright, a short time ago, told reporters that during that event last night, Mr. Kim made sort of an offhand remark, when Secretary Albright asked him as to whether or not the North would continue its testing of long-range missiles. According to Secretary Albright, Kim Jong Il said that that was the first and last time that the North intended to test its long-range missiles.</s>MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, SECRETARY OF STATE: We have a moratorium on testing of all long-range missiles and we, obviously, are continuing these very serious missile discussions. And I take what he said on these issues as serious in terms of his desire and ours to move forward.</s>KOPPEL: As to whether or not that is enough of a signal to the United States that it makes sense for President Clinton to travel here, perhaps as soon as next month, U.S. officials are not saying. Secretary Albright, in fact, has said that that decision would be made after she returns to Washington later this week. Andrea Koppel, CNN, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Madeleine Albright Declares North Korean Diplomatic Mission a Tentative Success