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Korean Peninsular denuclearization talks ends with positive results (2) |
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11:08, August 18, 2007 |
U.S. chief envoy Christopher Hill said Friday afternoon the two-day session was "very productive, businesslike and specific" as delegates came "well prepared".
"We went through many things, such as how to disable facilities and what you do to disable the facilities," Hill told reporters.
"The DPRK has addressed (the disablement of) nuclear facilities in their proposals. They didn''t acknowledge they have uranium enrichment programs, but acknowledged that the issue must be resolved," Hill said.
As for the sequence of the declaration and disablement, Hill said the two processes could be overlapping.
"There''s a certain logic to have declaration before disablement, but on the other hand, something has to be declared right now. There''s no need to wait for the full declaration before understanding the need to disable the reactors for example," said Hill.
The ROK side also spoke positively of the Shenyang meeting, expressing appreciation for the "sincere and practical" attitude of the DPRK in discussions.
The six parties exchanged ideas on the DPRK considerations and raised new suggestions, said Lim Sungnam, deputy negotiator of the ROK delegation, adding he hoped the DPRK would conduct positive consultations on those ideas back home.
The chief delegates to the talks agreed in their last meeting in July to hold the meetings of the five working groups in August.
The Shenyang meeting was held days after the working group meeting of economy and energy cooperation at the truce village of Panmunjom on Aug. 7 and 8.
The first meeting of the denuclearization working group was held in Beijing on March 17 and 18.
Source: Xinhua
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