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King discusses food aid terms in N. Korea | ||
2011-06-01 | ||
WASHINGTON, May 31 (Yonhap) -- U.S. government officials and experts focused on coordinating monitoring terms of possible food aid to North Korea during their trip to the communist nation last week, the U.S. administration said Tuesday.
Robert King, special envoy for North Korean human rights, led a team of officials and experts to Pyongyang last week before the Obama administration makes a decision on whether to resume food aid to the hunger-stricken nation. The spokesman acknowledged it is a "pressing" issue to decide on humanitarian aid for North Korea but said it is still too early to talk about the details of what King's team found there. Toner did not confirm when King will return to Washington, where he is supposed to attend a Congress hearing on Thursday. Toner also did not confirm whether the United States had briefed South Korean officials on the outcome of the fact-finding mission. King said in a separate meeting with reporters in Beijing over the weekend that his team was "received at the highest levels" in Pyongyang.
Toner said the food assessment experts will remain in North Korea until Thursday and the Obama administration will make a final decision after they present related reports. "Obviously we have to wait for the food assessment team to get back, and then we'll look at (that information), and we'll compare it to the other data that we have, before a decision's made," he said. | ||
Posted by:Steve White |
#3 A few months ago there was speculation that all the market was tied up in the manufacture of dehydrated foods for the government. That this was a back door for O to donate these items to the Norks without any congressional interference. |
Posted by: Dale 2011-06-01 21:20 |
#2 Let the ChiComs feed them. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-06-01 13:41 |
#1 "While they were there, they discussed, specifically related to the food assessment, monitoring terms necessary to ensure that if indeed we did provide humanitarian aid to North Korea, that it would reach those for whom it's intended," BULLSHIT it'll be "Consficated" before you finish releasing it. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-06-01 00:45 |