The key point of the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula is that other related parties, including Washington, should fulfill their obligations under the agreements of six-party talks, said the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday.
It was the first official response from the DPRK to the denuclearization issue after Pyongyang missed a year-end deadline to make a full and complete declaration on its nuclear program.
"We (DPRK) have suspended the nuclear facilities at Yongbyon and started the disablement process under the agreement of six-party talks," said the DPRK cabinet newspaper Minju Jonson.
Noting some related parties of the talks failed to "fulfill their relevant obligations under the principle of action to action," the newspaper said, "so we have to take the measures to adjust the speed of disablement process."
The newspaper emphasized that related parties have to follow the principle of action to action in the process of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, warning "anyone who didn't fulfill the obligation should take the responsibility."
The newspaper did not elaborate on how the other parties postponed their fulfillment of obligations.
The six-party talks, initiated in 2003, involved China, the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan.
According to a six-party talks joint document released in Beijing on Oct. 3, 2006, the DPRK agreed to disable all the existing nuclear facilities and provide a complete and correct declaration of all its nuclear programs by the end of 2007.
The document said the disablement of the five-megawatt Experimental Reactor, the Reprocessing Plant (Radiochemical Laboratory) and the Nuclear Fuel Rod Fabrication Facility in Yongbyon would be completed by Dec. 31, 2007.
Source: Xinhua
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