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NKorea's Kim says stance on nuclear deal unchanged: report
Beijing (AFP) Jan 31, 2008 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il told a visiting Chinese delegation there was no change in his nation's stance on a deadlocked nuclear disarmament deal, Chinese state media said Thursday. Kim told the delegation in Pyongyang that nations involved in the deal should fulfill their side of the bargain, the official Xinhua news agency said. But the reclusive leader added that North Korea was willing to work with ally China to try to push for its full implementation. The comments came as a US envoy is due to visit North Korea later this week to try to get stalled talks on the deal to scrap its nuclear programmes moving. The North was supposed to disable its main atomic plants by December 31 and list all its programmes under the six-nation deal negotiated by the two Koreas, China, the United States, Russia and Japan. North Korea has said it submitted a list in November, but the United States says it failed to meet the deadline for a full declaration. The impoverished nation blames the deadlock on negotiating partners for failing to honour their obligations, especially Washington for not starting the process of removing the North from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. Under the deal, the North was also due to receive up to one million tons of fuel oil or equivalent energy aid, but only a small part has been delivered. Washington says it will not move on delisting until it receives a complete declaration, including a full account of a suspected covert uranium enrichment programme. The North's official news agency earlier reported that Kim met the Chinese delegation Wednesday led by senior Communist party official Wang Jiarui, but did not disclose their discussions. Kim had lunch with the delegation after a "warm and friendly" conversation, said the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Wang, director of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, conveyed Chinese President Hu Jintao's greetings to Kim, KCNA said. Wang was also expected to have conveyed a verbal message from the Chinese leader to invite Kim to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in August, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said. It quoted diplomatic sources in Beijing as saying China dispatched Wang to Pyongyang to balance its diplomacy with the two Koreas. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
No early end to North Korea nuke deadlock: South Korean FM
Seoul (AFP) Jan 28, 2008The deadlock in international efforts to scrap North Korea's nuclear programmes is likely to continue for some time to come, South Korea's foreign minister warned Monday. |
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