NORTH KOREA TO GIVE UP NUKE PROGRAM AND WEAPONS!!

FOX | 9/19/05 | Fox

[Jewels1091]

FOX News is having a news alert...North Korea has agreed to all of Presidrnt Bush's demands. They have also agreed to allow inspectors in.

[ChadGore]

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[ChadGore]

This from Forbes:

AFX News Limited
US hails breakthrough in NKorea nuclear talks
09.19.2005, 05:10 AM

BEIJING (AFX) - The US has hailed an agreement reached at talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, calling it a win-win deal with the next stage a verification regime.

'We had a great day. We finally have an agreement. It wasn't easy, but I think important things often don't come easily,' US envoy Christopher Hill said, according to Agence France-Presse.

'Everybody is the winner. This is a win-win situation. We got agreement on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.'

In the agreement reached today, North Korea pledged to give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for promises of aid and security. The deal also said the US would respect the North's sovereignty and not attack it.

In return, the other nations agreed to 'recognise' the North's demand for nuclear energy and said Pyongyang's request to have a light-water nuclear reactor for peaceful purposes would be revisited 'at an appropriate time.'

Hill said a verification regime was the next step when the talks reconvene for a fifth round in November.

'We are really going to be working very hard. The next stage is the implementation of this agreement. A key element will be a verification regime,' he said.

[ChadGore]

FROM Japan:

Japan, South Korea cautiously welcome breakthrough in nuclear disarmament talks

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (L) shakes hands with North Korea's chief negotiator Kim Gye Gwan (R) as South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon looks on at the close of talks.

North Korea's neighbors cautiously welcomed the communist regime's breakthrough pledge to drop its nuclear weapons program Monday, with Japan warning disarmament may still be difficult to achieve and South Korea saying it bolsters regional peace.

In a dramatic turn to six-nation negotiations that have been held since 2003, Pyongyang agreed to abandon the weapons and rejoin international arms treaties in exchange for energy assistance from neighboring nations and sovereignty guarantees from the United States.

Japan's envoy to the talks in Beijing, Kenichiro Sasae, said North Korea's nuclear program poses a serious threat to peace in Asia and welcomed Monday's outcome for finally settling on common goals. Most of Japan, the world's second biggest economy and host to about 50,000 U.S. military personnel, lies within range of North Korean missiles.

The six nations will meet again in November for more discussions on implementing the broad principles outlined in Monday's agreement. But the main U.S. envoy, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, warned it could still be a long process, a sentiment echoed by Sasae.

"There may be some difficulties to realize the denuclearization of North Korea, but Japan will keep close cooperation with countries concerned including the United States and make utmost efforts in order to achieve the common goal of realizing peace and stability in northeast Asia," he said.

Japan's national broadcaster NHK quoted Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda as calling the agreement a positive step but also saying the nations need to "keep a close eye" on North Korea as negotiations proceed. Hosoda also pressed for a resolution to a dispute about the kidnappings of Japanese nationals by North Korea, calling it a key to improved relations between the countries.

South Korea's presidential Blue House issued a statement calling the latest round of talks an "important turning point" that will help "peace take root" on the divided Korean Peninsula. Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Tae-sik said it would be difficult now for North Korea to renege on its pledge, but acknowledged that the parties must still agree on how to implement the agreed-upon disarmament.

The nuclear talks, which began in August 2003, include China, Japan, Russia, the United States and the two Koreas.

The negotiations had been deadlocked over North Korea's demand that it keep the right to civilian nuclear programs after it disarms, and the statement acknowledges the North has made such an assertion but doesn't go beyond that.

North Korea has also refused to totally disarm without getting concessions along the way, while Washington has said it wants to see the weapons programs totally dismantled before granting rewards. The statement, however, says the sides agreed to take steps to implement the agreement "in a phased manner in line with the principle of 'commitment for commitment, action for action."'

The other countries at the talks said they were willing give energy assistance to the North, including a South Korean plan to deliver electricity across the heavily armed border dividing the peninsula.

Japan and North Korea also said in the statement they would move to normalize relations regarding "the outstanding issues of concern." The reference appears to allude to Tokyo's concerns over its citizens that the North has admitted abducting. (AP)

[ChadGore]

From South Korea:

Six-Party Talk Participants Reach Agreement

North Korea pledged to abandon its nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs, while the United States agreed to take measures to normalize its relationship with North Korea. Moreover, the participants in the six-party talks agreed to respect North Korea’s right to use nuclear energy peacefully and to discuss the provision of light-water reactors at an appropriate time.

The delegations of both Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia announced a joint statement Monday at the conclusion of the fourth round of six-party talks in Beijing. They also agreed to convene a fifth round of talks in early November to discuss concrete measures and methods in accordance with the agreed principles. South Korean delegation head Song Min-soon said, “We evaluate that through this agreement, the six-nation joint principles for resolving the North Korean nuclear issue have been prepared.”

North Korea agreed that in the process of abandoning its nuclear programs, it would return shortly to the NPT and IAEA safeguard regimes.

The United States promised in the joint statement that it had “no intention to attack or invade the DPRK with nuclear or conventional weapons.” Japan, too, also pledged to continue work towards normalizing its relationship with North Korea. Tokyo and Pyongyang agreed to take measures to normalize ties, premised on the resolution of pending issues.

In the joint statement, along with opening the possibility of providing the North with light-water reactors, South Korea agreed to carry out its pledge to provide 2 million kilowatts of electricity a year, while the other parties agreed to provide energy to the North. The participants also agreed to convene a separate forum to discuss the creation of permanent peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.

Experts said the statement was an important political declaration containing principles for the resolution of the conflict, but there would likely be a tug of war later over concrete measures such as the order of North Korea’s nuclear dismantlement and the provision of light-water reactors and the timing of the start of the nuclear dismantlement. A South Korean delegation official said, “North Korea also made a big decision, but they got everything they wanted from the United States.”

(englishnews@chosun.com )

[Peach]

Is this in breaking news? I didn't see it there and it belongs in that category!

[CDHart]

I can't imagine anyone relying on the word of that North Korean dictator.

Carolyn

[Cheburashka]

Matt and Trey use the real Kim Jong Il in their next feature film. He does his own stunts.

He gets to play Kenny.

"Oops, that isn't actually fatal if you're a cartoon character. Boy, are our faces red!"

[LN2Campy]

according to the bushbots, W can do no wrong, even if he esentially follows the Clinton playbook.

Cult of personality, I suppose, is a human weakness. But I can hardly imagine a candidate from the "right" less suitable or worthy of such adulation.

[ChadGore]

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[oldbrowser]

Looks like we made some pretty foolish concessions... similar to those made in 1994... I guess it pays to be a murderous dictator these days.

It seems like the same deal, the only question is how much is it going to cost us this time ? And can't he apply for foreign aid like the rest of the countries ?

[ChadGore]

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[Tallguy]

The Program is NK's only bargaining chip. Without that, they have no leverage and the country will either starve, bug-out, suffer a revolution, or all 3.

[ChadGore]

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[Paaran]

Bush and Hill took only a stupid descision to give Devil-Kim much more than when Clinton and Albright. That's south Korea.
Hill let Kim Jong il change Nuclear Bomb with south Korea.
He already suggested to Kim il US will try to change the present armistice agreement into peace agreement if he give up nuclear.
This Beijing round is just 2nd Paris Peace Accords. Fool!!
I was Bush fan, but from today nomore possible.

[Kokojmudd]

Yes but the lives for N. Koreans will benefit

Unfortunately the only beneficiaries of any aid to N. Korea is the N. Korean military and/or Kim Jong Il and his cronies. IMHO the US should scrap the Clinton Doctrine of negotiating with N. Korea.

[Kokojmudd]

-- China, Russia, South Korea, Japan and the U.S. to give North Korea energy assistance, including electric power from South Korea.

Let's all help prop up a dying communist regime. Yay.

[Pagey]

Yeah Yeah Yeah, and Neville Chamberlain signing the Munich Agreeemnt of 1938 was all positive too,right? Kim Jung Il is a Liar and Manipulator extraordinaire, in the same league as Saddam Hussein. He's now buying time just like Hussein did with the U.N. throughout Billy Jeffs treacherous term.

[SevenofNine]

You know what I forgot they have that LOL!

Yeah I think what happen Dubya offer Chia Pet go to Hollywood so maybe Hollywood gain is the world gain LOL!

Beside it known fact he want act too thanks to Team America he want the world see his acting skills that could happen next thing we see him on Inside the Actor Studio on Bravo TV HELL Yeah I watch that LOL!

[Jimmy Valentine]

"Thank You Goerge W. Bush"

Just for God's sake don't send that wretched old bag of suet "mad Madeline" Albright over to dance for the little guy.

[SevenofNine]

OMG I think you make give South park creators some idea how cast Chia PEt in sequel to Team America or South Park