It is more important for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to present a "complete and accurate" declaration on its nuclear programs, the U.S. State Department said Thursday.
The DPRK "can produce it (the declaration) at any time, and we're going to encourage them to do so as soon as possible, but also they should not sacrifice completeness for speed," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.
He added that Christopher Hill, top U.S. envoy to the six-party talks on the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, will leave Friday for meetings next week in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Moscow.
Hill is not scheduled to visit the DPRK or to meet with officials from Pyongyang, McCormack said.
McCormack's remarks came at a time when the DPRK missed the deadline to declare all its nuclear programs by the end of 2007.
The DPRK agreed in October at the six-party talks to disable its key nuclear facilities at the Yongbyon complex, and to declare all other nuclear programs by the end of last year.
Source: Xinhua
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