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South Korea Wants "Active" Steps Before Six-Way Talks
Seoul (AFP) Oct 05, 2005 South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said Wednesday Seoul would consult with other countries on "active measures" to be taken to end the North Korean nuclear standoff even before six-way talks resume next month. The two Koreas, the United States, China, Russia and Japan agreed last month at the fourth round of talks to a statement of principles in which North Korea pledged to abandon its atomic weapons in return for energy and security guarantees. "We will consult with other relevant states about active measures to be taken even before the start of the fifth round of six-way talks scheduled for early next month," Ban said at a weekly briefing. He declined to elaborate on what kind of measures South Korea had in mind. Ban said he would send South Korea's chief nuclear neogtiator and deputy foreign minister Song Min-Soon to the United States and China this month for such consultations. He said the consultations will focus on "the (North Korean) dismantling of nuclear programs and corresponding measures to be taken (by others) in mutual coordination". The South Korean foreign minister underlined the significance of the upcoming nuclear negotiations. "The joint statement issued at the fourth round of talks is a 'word-for-word' agreement. To discuss its implementation at the fifth round is more important because it is an 'action-for-action' consultation," he said. Ban's remarks followed a new US-North Korean contact in New York amid speculation that Christopher Hill, chief US negotiator, may visit Pyongyang ahead of the resuming of six-way talks. China, host of six-way talks which is anxious to see progress in the follow-up negotiations, said last week Vice Premier Wu Yi would visit North Korea from October 8 to 11 to discuss the nuclear disarmament issue. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 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
World Powers Threaten Defiant Iran Over Nuclear Crisis
Vienna (AFP) Jan 11, 2006World powers threatened Iran with UN Security Council sanctions Wednesday after it resumed sensitive nuclear activities as a defiant Tehran vowed to press ahead with its disputed atomic programme. |
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