THAT IS NOT TRUE:
Rice plays down Kim's test 'pledge'From correspondents in Moscow
October 21, 2006 07:07pm
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cast doubt on a reported apology by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il for carrying out a nuclear test and a pledge not to carry out more.
"I don't know whether or not Kim Jong-Il said any such thing," Dr Rice has said on a flight from Beijing to Moscow, where she is continuing her talks with nations involved in the stalled six-way talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program.
"But the Chinese, in a fairly thorough briefing about the talks, said nothing about such an apology for having launched a test," she has said.
Dr Rice has looked clearly exasperated over repeated questions about the reports, which overshadowed her tour of Asia aimed at rallying support for strong UN sanctions against Pyongyang, correspondents accompanying her have reported.
She has gone on to accuse North Korea of seeking to "escalate" the crisis.
Kim Jong-Il reportedly told a delegation from his main ally China that no more atom bomb tests were on the way. A South Korean newspaper also said that Kim had apologised for the first test.
North Korea announced it tested an atomic weapon for the first time on October 9, despite years of diplomatic efforts aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program.
The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on the secretive communist regime, including international inspections of North Korean cargo. Rice has discussed implementation of the sanctions in her visits to China, Japan and South Korea. ...
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I do believe they are trying to do another test soon.
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Rice plays down Kim's test 'pledge'From correspondents in Moscow
October 21, 2006 07:07pm
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cast doubt on a reported apology by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il for carrying out a nuclear test and a pledge not to carry out more.
"I don't know whether or not Kim Jong-Il said any such thing," Dr Rice has said on a flight from Beijing to Moscow, where she is continuing her talks with nations involved in the stalled six-way talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program.
"But the Chinese, in a fairly thorough briefing about the talks, said nothing about such an apology for having launched a test," she has said.
Dr Rice has looked clearly exasperated over repeated questions about the reports, which overshadowed her tour of Asia aimed at rallying support for strong UN sanctions against Pyongyang, correspondents accompanying her have reported.
She has gone on to accuse North Korea of seeking to "escalate" the crisis.
Kim Jong-Il reportedly told a delegation from his main ally China that no more atom bomb tests were on the way. A South Korean newspaper also said that Kim had apologised for the first test.
North Korea announced it tested an atomic weapon for the first time on October 9, despite years of diplomatic efforts aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program.
The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on the secretive communist regime, including international inspections of North Korean cargo. Rice has discussed implementation of the sanctions in her visits to China, Japan and South Korea. ...
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127 posted on 10/22/2006
BTTT post #127 on this thread.
jm