The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is moving towards disabling its key nuclear complex, but has not yet agreed with the United States what nuclear activities it must disclose, the chief U.S. envoy to disarmament talks said yesterday.
Speaking after a rare trip by a US official to the old Cold War foe, Christopher Hill told reporters that he had visited the Yongbyon nuclear complex, which contains the reactor at the heart of Pyongyang's atomic program, and seen that dismantling was going forward at three key units of the facility.
But Hill also said he had cautioned Pyongyang that a declaration of the DPRK's nuclear activities promised by the end of the year had to be "complete and correct" and contain no surprises.
"We wanted to make sure that they would include all the facilities, materials and programs," Hill told reporters in Beijing. "There are definitely some differences there."
Hill said he still expected Yongbyon to be disabled by the end of the year and for Pyongyang to issue its disclosure.
But he was not sure there would be time for Six-Party Talks involving the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China on the issue to be held by year-end.
Hill's was the highest-level US visit so far to the Yongbyon nuclear complex.
Hill is due to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wu Dawei, in Beijing.
Source: China Daily/Agencies
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