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| N.Korea to cooperate on nuclear verification -US |
| 2008-05-14 |
| North Korea has agreed to cooperate fully on verifying its nuclear declaration, a U.S. official said on Tuesday as he displayed some of the 18,822 documents Pyongyang has given Washington about its plutonium program. Obtaining the documents last week was a victory for the Bush administration, which has struggled to persuade the secretive communist nation to produce a "complete and correct" declaration of its nuclear programs that was due on Dec. 31. The declaration is part of a broader multilateral deal under which North Korea, which detonated an atomic device in October 2006, would abandon all its nuclear programs in exchange for economic and diplomatic incentives. Sung Kim, the U.S. State Department's top Korea expert, told reporters that U.S. and North Korean officials had productive talks about elements of the declaration, which Pyongyang is required to make under the so-called six-party agreement. The agreement was struck by the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States. "We had very detailed, substantive discussions with DPRK (North Korea) interlocutors from the Foreign Ministry, as well as the General Department of Atomic Energy, on all aspects of their declaration," Kim said. "The North Koreans acknowledged the requirement for verification and indeed agreed to cooperate fully with verification activities," he said as he held up a sheaf of documents about North Korea's plutonium-related activities. He said he hoped U.S. experts would have a preliminary assessment of the documents -- which are written in Korean and filled seven boxes -- in a few weeks. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Forgot to add TOPIX [paraph > SOUTH KOREAN NAVY WILL DOMINATE IN NEW INTER-KOREAN CONFLICT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-14 19:50 |
| #3 Compare wid STRATEGYPAGE > CHINA PREPARES TO INVADE NORTH KOREA. "Just-In-Case"? PLA MILEXS, BRIDGEX, redeployment of SU27 units from near TAIWAN??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-14 19:47 |
| #2 If you believe that, I'll sell you this ... |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-05-14 19:17 |
| #1 They're very good at forging "Agreements" that they never intend to live up to. It's all a huge stall folks, the foggy bottom crowd is either complicit, or utter idiots. You decide, either way they should be removed. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-05-14 12:38 |