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미국, 북핵 프로그램에 대해 자세한 설명 원해 |
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주한미국대사관 |
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정치외교연구센터 / 한반도와 미국 |
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정책보고서 |
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2008/04/17 |
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▶U.S. Wants Full Accounting of North Korea's Nuclear Programs
Six-Party Talks have shown progress, Rice says
Washington –- The six-nation nuclear talks with North Korea over its weapons program have shown progress, but there is still reason for caution and skepticism, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
"North Korea is disabling its Yongbyon nuclear facility, and we are in the second phase of our implementation agreement to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula," Rice says. "The outcome we and our partners require is a full account from North Korea of all its nuclear programs, including uranium and nuclear proliferation activities."
But Rice said at an April 17 briefing that the nonproliferation talks with North Korea that also include South Korea, Japan, China and Russia are not nearing their end, but are at the beginning of a very complex diplomatic process. This is "a process that must lead to the actual removal for the first time in history of nuclear material from North Korea and a verifiable end to its nuclear programs," she said.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is scheduled to hold consultations with President Bush April 18-19 at the Camp David presidential retreat outside of Washington over the six-nation nuclear talks, also known as the Six-Party Talks, and whether North Korea will deliver a promised full declaration of its nuclear efforts by year's end in return for an array of concessions. Lee met with members of the U.S. Congress April 17, and also is scheduled to meet with Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Rice.
"Disablement at Yongbyon is continuing under U.S. supervision, and we are sending an experts group back to Pyongyang next week [April 20-26] to see if we can make progress on the declaration that the North Koreans are obliged to provide under the February 2007 agreement," says Dennis Wilder, the senior director for Asian affairs on the U.S. National Security Council.
"I think the North Koreans signed the agreement last year in good faith. And I think that we have every indication that the North will comply with its obligations," Wilder said at a separate White House briefing April 17.
The disarmament talks have been delayed while the United States and North Korea have worked out disagreements over Pyongyang's pledges for additional information. The talks are expected to resume.
"The steps that we are taking are measured ones, and we will continue to judge North Korea's actions and take other steps as warranted," Rice said. In addition, the United States is prepared to remove North Korea from its annual list of state sponsors of terrorism with the presentation of its inventory of nuclear programs, Rice said.
Rice said that the six-party negotiation process has demonstrated great value, and through it, the six nations have found common ground on ending the threat of nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula and fighting nuclear proliferation.
"Further progress on denuclearization will also enable us to step up our cooperation on other goals: a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula, normalization of relations, a new mechanism to cooperate on peace and security in Northeast Asia and, of course, an opportunity to improve the lives of the North Korean people," Rice said. |
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