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North Korea to come clean on nuke programmes: report
 North Korea will come clean on all its nuclear programmes, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper said Monday, as | Experts from five nations prepared to check progress on disabling its plutonium-producing atomic plants. |
experts from five nations prepared to check progress on disabling its plutonium-producing atomic plants. The report came as the US embassy said a State Department official had been stationed in the North Korean capital to assist the US-supervised drive to disable the plants by year-end. Under the current phase of a six-nation pact, North Korea agreed to disable its plants and declare a full list of nuclear programmes by the end of this year in return for major energy aid. Work started at the main complex at Yongbyon in early November, some 13 months after Pyongyang shocked the world with its first nuclear test.
Posted by: Fred 2007-11-27 |
