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N.Korea Said Willing to Halt Nuke Program
North Korea might consider freezing its nuclear program if multilateral talks go well and it receives assurances from the United States that it will not be attacked, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said late Friday.
| The voice of sweet reason from NKor. That means there's going to be another outburst of lunacy in the very near future... |
He called for the talks on North Korea's nuclear program to get under way soon. Washington had long pushed for multilateral talks on the international standoff over North Korean's nuclear program. After months of insisting on bilateral talks, the North agreed Thursday to six-way discussions. The secretary-general was asked whether North Korea might freeze its nuclear activities during the talks involving the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, China and Russia. "I'm not sure if there's indication that they will freeze it during these talks," Annan told The Associated Press. "But there has been suggestions that if there is a discussion and agreement and an assurance that their nation is not under threat, they will be prepared to consider freezing it and ... resuming inspection with (the) atomic agency. But I'm not sure that they have given an indication they will do it before the talks. I suspect it will be part of the outcome of the talks."
| I'm sure they'll try and get as much in return as possible, too... |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-08-02 |
