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Sep 2, 2007
GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to fully account for and disable its nuclear program by the end of this year, the top U.S. nuclear negotiator said on Sunday.
"We had very good, very substantive talks," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill said after two days of meetings in Geneva to tackle the next phase of an international deal to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear technology and facilities.
"One thing that we agreed on is that the DPRK will provide a full declaration of all of their nuclear programs and will disable their nuclear programs by the end of this year, 2007," Hill told reporters, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Kim Kye-gwan, Pyongyang's chief nuclear envoy, told reporters he was pleased with the talks.
"We agreed about many things ... We showed clear willingness to declare and dismantle all nuclear facilities," he said, without specifying a date.
North Korea agreed two years ago in "six-party" negotiations with the United States, South Korea, Japan, China and Russia to abandon its nuclear program in return for economic and diplomatic benefits.
But in October 2006 it tested a nuclear explosive for the first time, raising questions about its intent.
A fresh six-party agreement reached last February has resulted in the admission of international nuclear inspectors and the shutdown of North Korea's Yongbyon complex, which had produced bomb-grade plutonium -- in return for 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil.
发表于 2007-9-4 00:12
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