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UN inspectors back inside North Korea: US
Washington (AFP) Oct 14, 2008 Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog are back in North Korea, resealing nuclear facilities after Washington took Pyongyang off its terrorism blacklist, the US State Department said Tuesday. "I understand that the IAEA has resumed its work. It has started to reapply seals," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency. "I think, as simply put, the North Koreans have started the reversal of their reversal," he said. "They're getting back to that baseline where they were very close to meeting their obligations ... in terms of disablement." The IAEA said Monday that North Korea had granted its inspectors access to its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon, including its power plant, fuel fabrication plant and reprocessing facility. It added that, from Tuesday, "core discharge activities at the reactor would be resumed, monitored by agency inspectors". Yongbyon was shut down in July 2007 under an aid-for-disarmament deal agreed by North Korea, South Korea, the United States, Russia, China and Japan after Pyongyang staged its first nuclear weapons test in October 2006. North Korea threatened to reverse the process, however, if Washington refused to take it off its blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism -- which it did on Saturday, despite Japanese reservations. Related Links Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
Russia, North Korea to hold nuclear talks Wednesday
Moscow (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Russia's foreign minister will meet his North Korean counterpart on Wednesday in Moscow to discuss a six-party disarmament pact on Pyongyang's nuclear programme, the ministry said. |
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