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S. Korea: North Must Take First Step to Resolve Nuclear Standoff
EFL - at least SK seems to be on the same page South Korea's Foreign Ministry says Pyongyang needs to take the first step in resolving its nuclear standoff with the United States. Seoul is telling the communist North that the move could lead to the security guarantees and economic aid that Pyongyang wants. South Korea's foreign minister on Wednesday called on North Korea to take what he termed a bold step and abandon its nuclear program in a "verifiable and irreversible manner." Yoon Young-kwan told reporters that without such a move, Washington is not likely to give Pyongyang what it wants — aid, a nonaggression treaty and diplomatic recognition. He also questioned Pyongyang's wisdom of making demands on Washington after breaking international agreements — especially given the world situation since the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Stop the nuke and WMD programs, feed the people instead of the army with Aid food, stop transferring weapons tech, stop drug shipping, get a haircut, the list never ends and only because of NK's behavior, nothing else Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-07 |
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