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Friday meeting to clarify North Korean nuclear position
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by Tina Kells | September 4, 2008 at 01:49 pm
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A meeting has been scheduled for Friday between United States and North Korean officials to clarify exactly what is going on with the Yongbyon nuclear facility. The United States is looking for an explanation about reports out earlier in the week claiming the Yongbyon site is being reactivated.
"We want some clarification on what is happening in North Korea," spokesperson Dana Perino told reporters, adding that Washington also wants to send a message to the secretive regime in Pyongyang.
The United States still plans to reward North Korea once a verification protocol is in place to gauge progress towards the dismantling of North's nuclear facilities under what has been called 'action for action'," she said.
"And I think that that message will be delivered to the North Koreans," said Perino. "Tough negotiations like these have their ups and downs. We're going to try to make sure that we keep North Korea headed in the right direction."
Last week North Korea put a halt to deactivation efforts at the plant. It has been widely speculated that the move is a protest against American delays in removing North Korea from its terrorism sponsor list.
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at 14:05 on September 4th, 2008
Tina Kells, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I'm really split on this one. On one hand, do we want North Korea to be a nuclear state? On the other hand, who gave the West the right to keep a sovereign state in the dark-ages?