U.S. AWAITS NORTH KOREAN ACTIONS AFTER PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR TALKS

In: Arms control today, Band 23, Heft 7, S. 21

Abstract

AFTER FIVE DAYS OF TALKS WITH U.S. DIPLOMATS, NORTH KOREA AGREED TO BEGIN BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) ON UNRESOLVED SAFEGUARDS ISSUES. NORTH KOREA ALSO AGREED TO RESUME DISCUSSIONS WITH SOUTH KOREA ON IMPLEMENTING A NORTH-SOUTH TREATY TO DENUCLEARIZE THE KOREAN PENINSULA. HOWEVER, THE U.S.-NORTH KOREAN TALKS DID NOT END PYONGYANG'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW IAEA INSPECTION OF TWO SUSPECTED NUCLEAR WASTE SITES AT THE YONGBYON NUCLEAR COMPLEX.