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SKorea, Japan say no aid until NKorea disarms | |
2009-10-10 | |
Impoverished North Korea should be given no aid unless it abandons the pursuit of nuclear weapons, the leaders of South Korea and Japan said Friday, forging a united stance before traveling to China for talks on how to get Pyongyang back to the negotiating table.
North Korea is pushing to send its deputy nuclear envoy Ri Gun to the United States later this month for a private security forum, a South Korean diplomat said. He asked not to be identified because the forum's organizers have not announced the details of the session. The planned trip raises speculation that Ri could meet with U.S. officials to lay the groundwork for possible direct talks with Washington. The U.S. has said that a one-on-one meeting should be part of the broader negotiations that also involve South Korea, Japan, China and Russia. Despite the North's willingness to talk, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama firmly agreed that no aid should be offered to Pyongyang unless the communist regime takes concrete steps to dismantle its nuclear program. "We should not resume any economic assistance unless North Korea shows commitment and takes concrete steps" toward nuclear abandonment, Hatoyama told a joint news conference with Lee after summit talks in Seoul. Their stance emphasizes the skepticism Seoul and Tokyo share about the North, which is accused of raising tensions and then agreeing to dialogue and disarmament, only to backtrack after reaping the economic and political benefits of its promises. Lee said he believes North Korea will return to international nuclear talks after Pyongyang holds direct negotiations with Washington. He reiterated the need for a "fundamental and comprehensive solution" to the nuclear impasse to ensure that past negotiating patterns "will not be repeated." Hatoyama said Lee's proposal to offer a one-time "grand bargain" of aid and concessions in exchange for denuclearization - rather than the step-by-step process pursued over the past six years - is "completely correct." | |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 No, bad idea. They'll lern teamwork and have nukes. |
Posted by: .5MT 2009-10-10 18:05 |
#5 all except the horniness cure: marriage |
Posted by: Frank G 2009-10-10 17:54 |
#4 Birth control pills taken without a break fix all except the horniness, Redneck Jim. That, all navies have been trying to deal with for at least 2,000 years without success. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-10 17:02 |
#3 all-female USN Sub crews? It's long been known that any group of womeen living together and shortly all their cycles synchronize (Pheromes) You really want sub crews where everyone on the sub has PMS at the exact same time? Didn't think so. How about when the whole crew is horny and hits port? Wht about onboard pregnancies? Bad, Bad idea. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-10-10 14:35 |
#2 Finaly, brains being used. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-10-10 14:25 |
#1 ION WMF > RAJIN SEAPORT MAY BE CHINA'S PLAN ONLY HOPE FOR DIRECT ENTRY INTO THE SEA OF JAPAN. Cue SecDef Gates propos all-female USN Sub crews + "SINK THE CNS TIRPITZ" [China's riverine NavBases = WW2 Norway fjords], ala PAULA "COMMANDO" ABDUL"??? |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-10 01:22 |