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It'd be great if we can really get the North Korean nuke program dismantled. I'm very sceptical, though. We'll see...
SEOUL, January 22 (Itar-Tass) - Pyongyang has agreed to suspend all its activities in the nuclear sphere, including its reactor in the Yongbyon research centre and allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts to conduct monitoring of its atomic facilities as the first step towards dismantling its nuclear programme. Such agreements were reached at talks in Berlin between the US and North Korean chief negotiators at the six-sided Korean Peninsula denuclearisation talks, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported here on Monday.
During the consultations held in Berlin in recent days, head of the North Korean delegation Kim Gye-gwan told US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill that in exchange for this move the North hopes to get from the United States economic and energy assistance, as well as guarantees that Washington will unfreeze North Korea’s accounts in Banco Delta Asia in Aomen (Macau) worth 24 million US dollars.
The issue on the American sanctions lifting will be discussed during separate bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea schedule for February. Pyongyang will start the fulfilment of its obligations after all conditions of the agreements are coordinated at the next round of the six-party talks that are planned to be resumed in early February. Pyongyang and Washington have also agreed to use the term “monitoring†instead of “inspection.â€
Chosun Ilbo writes that the North demanded from the United States to consider the issue of the transformation of the truce that put an end to the Korean War of 1950-1953 into a peace treaty parallel to the implementation of the above initial agreements, to which the American side has given a positive answer. The two Koreas are still technically in a state of war.
During the consultations held in Berlin in recent days, head of the North Korean delegation Kim Gye-gwan told US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill that in exchange for this move the North hopes to get from the United States economic and energy assistance, as well as guarantees that Washington will unfreeze North Korea’s accounts in Banco Delta Asia in Aomen (Macau) worth 24 million US dollars.
The issue on the American sanctions lifting will be discussed during separate bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea schedule for February. Pyongyang will start the fulfilment of its obligations after all conditions of the agreements are coordinated at the next round of the six-party talks that are planned to be resumed in early February. Pyongyang and Washington have also agreed to use the term “monitoring†instead of “inspection.â€
Chosun Ilbo writes that the North demanded from the United States to consider the issue of the transformation of the truce that put an end to the Korean War of 1950-1953 into a peace treaty parallel to the implementation of the above initial agreements, to which the American side has given a positive answer. The two Koreas are still technically in a state of war.
It'd be great if we can really get the North Korean nuke program dismantled. I'm very sceptical, though. We'll see...
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