Divisions Remain on N. Korea Enforcement

South Korean protesters burn a North Korea 's mock missile, pictures of North's leader Kim Jong Il and flags during a rally denouncing North Korea's nuclear test at downtown of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it welcomes and supports a U.N. resolution on North Korea and urged its communist neighbor to return to six-nation talks on ending the North's nuclear weapons program. The signs read " Supports a U.N. resolution on North Korea." (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) (Lee Jin-man - AP)

In a measure aimed at North Korea's tiny elite, the resolution also bans the sale of luxury goods to the country. The North's reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, is known for his love of cognac and lobster and collection of thousands of bottles of vintage French wine.

To meet Russian and Chinese concerns, the Americans eliminated a complete ban on the sale of conventional weapons. Instead, the resolution limits the embargo to major hardware such as tanks, warships, combat aircraft and missiles.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev, who visited North Korea last week, arrived in South Korea on Sunday.

He said North Korean officials expressed their commitment to denuclearization and that Moscow and Seoul pledged to try reviving stalled international arms talks.

Alexeyev met with South Korea's top nuclear negotiator, Chun Yung-woo, and said that "we both agreed we should work for a diplomatic solution, that the six-party process should be revived."

The chief U.S. envoy to the six-nation talks, Christopher Hill, will visit Japan on Monday, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said.

Pyongyang has boycotted the six-nation talks for the past 13 months to protest financial measures imposed by Washington for alleged counterfeiting and money-laundering.

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Associated Press Writers Edith M. Lederer from the United Nations and William Foreman from Seoul contributed to this report.