Posted on 05/07/2009 5:41:51 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
WASHINGTON (AFP)--U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the U.S. and its negotiating partners may have to "show some patience" before nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea can resume.
Clinton, speaking at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said both the U.S. and Russia want to try to get the North Koreans back to the six-party negotiating framework.
"We may have to show some patience before that is achieved, but we agree on the goal that we are aiming for," Clinton said.
The U.S. has been involved in negotiations with the two Koreas, China, Japan and Russia aimed at scrapping North Korea's nuclear program in exchange for aid under a landmark six-party agreement signed in 2007.
The negotiations deadlocked late last year over a dispute with North Korea over how to verify disarmament before taking a sharp turn for the worse with North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket April 5.
The North last week threatened to conduct a second nuclear test and ballistic missile tests unless the United Nations Security Council apologized for condemning and punishing its rocket launch.
Pyongyang said it put a peaceful satellite into orbit but the U.S., South Korea and Japan said it staged a disguised missile test.
When a Russian reporter asked if she was prepared to visit Pyongyang in a bid to find a way out of the deadlock, Clinton replied: "No, I have no plans of going to North Korea."
Stephen Bosworth, the special envoy for North Korea policy, was in Beijing Thursday at the start of a tour of Asia and Russia aimed at convincing the reclusive Communist state to resume nuclear disarmament talks.
It has never worked.
Before or after they fire another missle???
Patience? As opposed to what? U.N. sanctions? We know how effective those are.
In other words, North Korea told her to go screw herself, and she doesn't have a clue as to what to do next.
What would you do otherwise? Throw a tantrum?
Kim Jong Il has a western cleaning lady? And he threw a party for her? Very strange society.
He’s got a spot on his wierd Kim suit too. He probably can’t see it cause his paunch hides it from him.
Who’s going to tell him? No one, that’s who.
You can’t deal with psychos like Kim Jong (mentally) Il!
"You don't want second, you come have cognac wif me!"
Patience? Three U.S. administrations and counting...
What a clueless, irrelevant twit.
Thats what I have in mind
Are you questioning her knowledge of what to do about Korea, or screwing herself?
My guess is both.
cue the “oh no not this shit again” guy.
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Hillary Clinton is today’s STUCK ON STUPID award winner.
So, NK obviously violated the terms of that deal. Our starting position should be we take back any and all concessions we made in that agreement. Further, before we even talk about talking, NK takes positive, verifiable steps towards coming into compliance with the agreement. Until then, starve and freeze NK. Oh, and by the way, the next IRBM test you run thinly disguised as a "satellite launch" attempt - we're shooting it down, no matter where it is headed.
What else would a sociopath of state say to a sociopath of state?
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