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N. Korea to submit nuclear declaration on Thurs.: sources
Beijing, June 24 Kyodo - North Korea will submit a full list of its nuclear programs to China on Thursday, a move that would end a six-month stalemate in denuclearization talks triggered by differences over the list, six-party negotiations sources said
Monday.
In response to the North Korean action, the United States would immediately begin steps to take the country off its blacklist of terrorism sponsors, a longstanding demand by Pyongyang, the sources said.
The sequence of events will also include the demolition on Friday of the cooling tower at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex, which is currently being disabled under a six-way deal, according to the sources.
The submission of Pyongyang's list of its nuclear programs will come six months
after the end-of-2007 deadline set under the deal struck last year among the
two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia.
North Korea's failure to provide the list had stalled the multilateral talks.
But following weeks of sessions, nuclear negotiators have said lately they
expect Pyongyang to turn over the list soon.
''We are getting very soon to the North Korean submission of their
declaration,'' top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill told reporters on
Monday, while declining to mention a specific date.
Hill said that the U.S. will immediately carry out its promises once the
declaration is handed over.
''Pretty much simultaneously, that is, within the same time frame, we would
then move to have the U.S. do its bilateral obligations,'' he said.
The U.S. measures also include the removal of North Korea from the Trading with
the Enemy act, which imposes an embargo on U.S. trade and financial relations
with Pyongyang.
A meeting of all six parties will also be held in the near future to discuss
North Korea's nuclear list, and possible dates are under discussion, Hill said.
''I think the Chinese are going to continue to consult with the parties on the
six-party schedule, and I hope we will be able to announce something very
soon,'' he said, after meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, the chair of the six-way talks.
A flurry of diplomacy took place in Beijing on Monday, ahead of what one
official called a ''very important'' week for the multilateral process.
South Korea's top delegate to the six-party talks, Kim Sook, also met with Wu
in the morning, according to a South Korean government official.
''This week will be a very important period'' for North Korea's
denuclearization process, Wu was quoted as saying by Japanese lawmakers who met
with him Monday morning. ==Kyodo
Monday.
In response to the North Korean action, the United States would immediately begin steps to take the country off its blacklist of terrorism sponsors, a longstanding demand by Pyongyang, the sources said.
The sequence of events will also include the demolition on Friday of the cooling tower at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex, which is currently being disabled under a six-way deal, according to the sources.
The submission of Pyongyang's list of its nuclear programs will come six months
after the end-of-2007 deadline set under the deal struck last year among the
two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia.
North Korea's failure to provide the list had stalled the multilateral talks.
But following weeks of sessions, nuclear negotiators have said lately they
expect Pyongyang to turn over the list soon.
''We are getting very soon to the North Korean submission of their
declaration,'' top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill told reporters on
Monday, while declining to mention a specific date.
Hill said that the U.S. will immediately carry out its promises once the
declaration is handed over.
''Pretty much simultaneously, that is, within the same time frame, we would
then move to have the U.S. do its bilateral obligations,'' he said.
The U.S. measures also include the removal of North Korea from the Trading with
the Enemy act, which imposes an embargo on U.S. trade and financial relations
with Pyongyang.
A meeting of all six parties will also be held in the near future to discuss
North Korea's nuclear list, and possible dates are under discussion, Hill said.
''I think the Chinese are going to continue to consult with the parties on the
six-party schedule, and I hope we will be able to announce something very
soon,'' he said, after meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, the chair of the six-way talks.
A flurry of diplomacy took place in Beijing on Monday, ahead of what one
official called a ''very important'' week for the multilateral process.
South Korea's top delegate to the six-party talks, Kim Sook, also met with Wu
in the morning, according to a South Korean government official.
''This week will be a very important period'' for North Korea's
denuclearization process, Wu was quoted as saying by Japanese lawmakers who met
with him Monday morning. ==Kyodo
