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Bosworth briefs Clinton about Asian trip on six-party talks: State Dept.
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. pointman on North Korea, Stephen
Bosworth, Tuesday briefed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about his
just-concluded trip to South Korea, China and Japan on resuming the six-party
talks to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions, the State Department said.
"The purpose for the meeting today, of course, is for Ambassador Bosworth to
brief the secretary on his recent visit to Asia," spokesman Robert Wood said in a
daily news briefing.
Wood said that the Barack Obama administration is still reviewing its North Korea
policy and Bosworth's Asian trip is part of the process, but added, "I'm not sure
how close we are to completing that review."
While in Seoul, Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea, reaffirmed
the Obama administration's willingness to promptly resume the six-party talks
toward the North's "complete and verifiable denuclearization."
He also visited Beijing and Tokyo last week to push for an early resumption of
the multilateral nuclear talks, stalled over North Korea's refusal to allow
international inspectors to take samples for its nuclear facilities, a key
element for verification of North Korea's past and current nuclear activities.
"And, of course, the objective of that visit was to get a sense, from various
players in the region, as to the best way to go forward, with regard to getting
North Korea to comply with its international obligations," Wood said.
Under the second phase of a six-party deal, North Korea is supposed to disable
its nuclear facilities in return for 1 million tons of heavy fuel oil or
equivalent aid.
The U.S. and other parties to the multilateral talks have suspended shipping the
heavy fuel oil due to the North's refusal to accept the verification protocol.
More than half of the aid has already been sent.
A third and final phase calls for the dismantlement of the North's nuclear
programs and facilities in exchange for massive economic aid, diplomatic
recognition by Washington and Tokyo, and establishment of a permanent peace
regime to replace the fragile armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.
hdh@yna.co.kr
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WASHINGTON, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. pointman on North Korea, Stephen
Bosworth, Tuesday briefed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about his
just-concluded trip to South Korea, China and Japan on resuming the six-party
talks to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions, the State Department said.
"The purpose for the meeting today, of course, is for Ambassador Bosworth to
brief the secretary on his recent visit to Asia," spokesman Robert Wood said in a
daily news briefing.
Wood said that the Barack Obama administration is still reviewing its North Korea
policy and Bosworth's Asian trip is part of the process, but added, "I'm not sure
how close we are to completing that review."
While in Seoul, Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea, reaffirmed
the Obama administration's willingness to promptly resume the six-party talks
toward the North's "complete and verifiable denuclearization."
He also visited Beijing and Tokyo last week to push for an early resumption of
the multilateral nuclear talks, stalled over North Korea's refusal to allow
international inspectors to take samples for its nuclear facilities, a key
element for verification of North Korea's past and current nuclear activities.
"And, of course, the objective of that visit was to get a sense, from various
players in the region, as to the best way to go forward, with regard to getting
North Korea to comply with its international obligations," Wood said.
Under the second phase of a six-party deal, North Korea is supposed to disable
its nuclear facilities in return for 1 million tons of heavy fuel oil or
equivalent aid.
The U.S. and other parties to the multilateral talks have suspended shipping the
heavy fuel oil due to the North's refusal to accept the verification protocol.
More than half of the aid has already been sent.
A third and final phase calls for the dismantlement of the North's nuclear
programs and facilities in exchange for massive economic aid, diplomatic
recognition by Washington and Tokyo, and establishment of a permanent peace
regime to replace the fragile armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.
hdh@yna.co.kr
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