North Korea putting final touches to declaration; US taking time to review North Korean documents; Robert Gates says Six-Party Talks would continue despite North Korean link with Syria
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Following his meeting with Kim Kye Gwan, the top North Korean nuclear envoy, South Korea’s nuclear envoy, Kim-Sook stated that Pyongyang was putting the final touches to a declaration on its nuclear development programs, and that it was trying to decide the date for its issuance. Kim-sook added that Pyongyang was waiting for Washington to complete its review of the 18,000-odd pages of documents that North Korea had handed a few weeks back1.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates meanwhile stated that despite intelligence pointing towards alleged cooperation between North Korea and Syria in developing a nuclear facility, the United States would continue the Six-Party Talks with the communist regime over its nuclear program2.
- 1. “Pyongyang Putting Final Touches on Declaration of Nuke Programs,” Korea Times, June 1, 2008, at http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/06/113_25121.html
- 2. “Nuclear proliferation talks with North Korea to continue, Gates says,” Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2008, at http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-gates4-2008jun04,0,6...