N. Korea to abandon nuke weapon efforts (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2005-09-19 16:04
North Korea has agreed in principle to end its nuclear weapons project in
return for security and economic commitments from the United States, in a major
move towards peaceful settlement of a potential firestorm in East Asia.
North Korea's chief
negotiator Kim Gye Gwan, center, applauds at the close of the talks over
North Korea's nuclear crisis held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in
Beijing, China, Monday, Sept. 19,
2005. [AP]
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Chief envoys from the two countries, as well as China, South Korea, Japan and
Russia, participating in negotiations in Beijing signed a draft accord on
Monday, in which the North Korea agreed to abandon efforts to produce nuclear
weapons and re-admit international inspectors to the suspected nuclear
facilities.
In return, major parties to the Six-Party Talks in Beijing said they would
provide aid, diplomatic assurances and security guarantees and consider North
Korea's request for a light-water nuclear reactor.
China’s deputy foreign minister, Wu Dawei, announced that the six
participating nations will reconvene in early November in Beijing, to flesh out
details of a range of critical issues concerning timing of implementation, when
the inspectors will be allowed in, and what the economic aid package include.
Analysts in Beijing forecast that next round(s) of negotiations won’t be easy
and major disagreements could erupt.
Even so, the new deal reached after one-week-long laborious talks, appears to
rescue a diplomatic process that was on the verge of collapse after multiple
rounds of negotiations failed to produce even a joint statement of principles.
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