The United States is ready to seek a negotiated settlement at multilateral talks on dismantling North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs, the top U.S. negotiator to the discussions said on Monday. The talks, resuming on Tuesday in Beijing, went into recess on August 7 after the six countries had failed to reach agreement even on a statement of principles during 13 days of discussions. A key stumbling block then between the parties — the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States — was whether the North should be allowed to have a civilian nuclear program.Full Story