Breakthrough Sought In N. Korea Nuke Talks

U.S. Negotiators Will Head To Geneva With Hopes Of Unfreezing Disarmament Discussions

(AP)  The chief U.S. and North Korean nuclear negotiators will meet this week in Geneva to seek a breakthrough in stalled disarmament talks, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill will meet on Thursday with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan with talks expected to last a day, although they could go longer, the official said.

The main topic will be North Korea's delay in declaring details of its nuclear weapons program, which the North has promised to dismantle in exchange for energy aid, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the precise agenda is confidential.

Pyongyang was obliged to submit the declaration under a deal negotiated as part of six-party talks involving the U.S., North and South Korea, China, Japan and Russia, but Washington has said the one it turned in was not complete.

"The discussions are within the context of the six-party talks about how to move this process forward," the State Department official said.

The dispute has deadlocked the disarmament process, which made major strides last year when the North shut down and began disabling its main nuclear reactor.

On Monday the top U.S. envoy to South Korea reiterated Washington's call for Pyongyang to keep its promise to provide a "complete and correct" declaration.

U.S. ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow made the remarks in a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea. He said there was "a sense of impatience building up" over the North's refusal to do so.

[stn_sage]

It was the Bush administration that insisted on the original six-party talks, presumably to slow the process down, and delay acheiving a result!

While Mr. Hill is this administration''s most capable foreign affairs negotiater, at this point, I would feel better if he took no future actions regarding North Korea. I think it should be left for the next incoming administration to deal with versus making some quick, not well thought out decisions or deals that would hurt us!!

[tbweb]

Breakthrough? How many breakthroughs before the North Koreans actually dismantle their nuclear program? This was suppose to be done and over with by now, the North Koreans received their millions that were being held back and now they are still yanking the U.S. chain, playing the U.S. for fools! The only breakthrough the U.S. needs now is to figure out how to breakthrough North Koreas b.u.l.l.s.h.i.t.!!

[easeup-2009]

"It is rumored that the Great Emperor Bush is privately trying to broker a deal with the North Koreans to have them give up their nuclear program. In exchange, the Great Emperor Bush would provide the "great leader" of North Korean with all the prono DVD''''s ever made, together with convincing Billy Ray Cyrus to have his daughter hold a "Hannah Montana" concert in the People''''s Great Hall!

LONG LIVE BUSH DIPLOMACY!!!!!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!
sig heil, McCain????

Posted by walt1944 at 01:31 PM : Mar 11, 2008"

Clinton gave him an Michael Jordan autographed basketball...so if THAT didn''t work Hannah Montana sure won''t!

[walt1944-2009]

Negotiators for the US(SA) will be meeting with North Korean to convince them to stop their nuclear program.

It is rumored that the Great Emperor Bush is privately trying to broker a deal with the North Koreans to have them give up their nuclear program. In exchange, the Great Emperor Bush would provide the "great leader" of North Korean with all the prono DVD''s ever made, together with convincing Billy Ray Cyrus to have his daughter hold a "Hannah Montana" concert in the People''s Great Hall!

LONG LIVE BUSH DIPLOMACY!!!!!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!
sig heil, McCain????

[lochlan-2009]

Our corporates future source of cheap labor, North Korea.