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6-party talks on N. Korea still the appropriate framework: analyst
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TOKYO, April 21 Kyodo -
North Korea's launch of a rocket earlier this month has fast tracked the
country in the priorities of the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama,
but the six-party talks is still the way to go, an intelligence analyst said
Tuesday.
''The six-party framework really remains the appropriate framework for
addressing the North Korean nuclear issue,'' said David Gordon, who previously
worked for the U.S. National Intelligence Council and the Central Intelligence
Agency, in an interview with Kyodo News.
''I do not believe that the other (five) parties should accept North Korea's
unilateral effort to withdraw'' from the framework, he said.
Gordon, who also served as director of policy planning at the U.S. State
Department under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from June 2007 to January
2009, said it would be inappropriate for Washington to engage directly with
Pyongyang at this point because it would be ''really rewarding'' the North in
the wake of its ''very provocative behavior.''
He predicted that there would be ''heightened diplomacy'' particularly among
the United States, Japan, China and South Korea to start the reengagement with
Pyongyang. The six-party talks also involve Russia.
In that respect, he said, ''The role of China is very important in bringing
North Korea back to the table.''
Gordon also forecast the Obama administration will reassert the six-party
framework and the commitments North Korea has made through the negotiation
process up until now.
He expressed skepticism about a quick breakthrough in the abduction issue that
is a matter of serious concern to Japan, along with the North's nuclear
ambitions. ''Progress on the abduction issue is most likely to take place in
the context of the overall progress in the six-party talks,'' he said.
Gordon, head of research and director of global macro analysis at the New
York-based global political risk research and consulting firm Eurasia Group,
made the remarks after addressing the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. In
his speech, he said there will be a lot of continuity in the U.S. policy in
East Asia and ''a much broader engagement with China.''
==Kyodo
TOKYO, April 21 Kyodo -
North Korea's launch of a rocket earlier this month has fast tracked the
country in the priorities of the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama,
but the six-party talks is still the way to go, an intelligence analyst said
Tuesday.
''The six-party framework really remains the appropriate framework for
addressing the North Korean nuclear issue,'' said David Gordon, who previously
worked for the U.S. National Intelligence Council and the Central Intelligence
Agency, in an interview with Kyodo News.
''I do not believe that the other (five) parties should accept North Korea's
unilateral effort to withdraw'' from the framework, he said.
Gordon, who also served as director of policy planning at the U.S. State
Department under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from June 2007 to January
2009, said it would be inappropriate for Washington to engage directly with
Pyongyang at this point because it would be ''really rewarding'' the North in
the wake of its ''very provocative behavior.''
He predicted that there would be ''heightened diplomacy'' particularly among
the United States, Japan, China and South Korea to start the reengagement with
Pyongyang. The six-party talks also involve Russia.
In that respect, he said, ''The role of China is very important in bringing
North Korea back to the table.''
Gordon also forecast the Obama administration will reassert the six-party
framework and the commitments North Korea has made through the negotiation
process up until now.
He expressed skepticism about a quick breakthrough in the abduction issue that
is a matter of serious concern to Japan, along with the North's nuclear
ambitions. ''Progress on the abduction issue is most likely to take place in
the context of the overall progress in the six-party talks,'' he said.
Gordon, head of research and director of global macro analysis at the New
York-based global political risk research and consulting firm Eurasia Group,
made the remarks after addressing the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. In
his speech, he said there will be a lot of continuity in the U.S. policy in
East Asia and ''a much broader engagement with China.''
==Kyodo
