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North Korea III: Seoul Urges End to Nuclear Confrontation During Cabinet-level meetings in Pyongyang today, South Korean diplomats urged North Korea to drop its nuclear weapons ambitions, a South Korean spokesman said (see GSN, April 25). “We again urged the D.P.R.K. to honor the South-North joint declaration on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula signed in 1992,” said Shin Eon-sang, the South Korean spokesman. “At the 45-minute session, we called on the D.P.R.K. to find a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue in a prompt manner, as Pyongyang has started a multilateral dialogue with related countries,” he added (Xinhua News Service, April 28). North Korea, however, has told Seoul to keep out of its disagreement with the United States, CNN.com reported. “The Northern side reiterated that the nuclear issue is a matter between the North and the United States,” said a South Korean statement. “But they said they wanted to resolve the matter peacefully,” the statement added (CNN.com, April 28). North Korean officials also refused to clarify reports that Pyongyang has claimed possession of nuclear weapons (News24.com, April 28). North Korean, British Officials to Meet British officials are scheduled to meet with North Korean diplomats in London this week, according to CNN.com. “In our view it’s important to remain engaged with North Korea. We want to use every opportunity to put our concerns across and urge them to comply with their international obligations,” a British spokeswoman said. British Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammel is expected to meet with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon. Diplomatic relations between the two countries are “under review,” according to the spokeswoman (CNN.com, April 26). German Shipment Seized German authorities have detained the director of a German company suspected of supplying aluminum tubes to North Korea for its nuclear development program, Singapore’s Straits Times reported today. German authorities said the shipment — containing 22 tons of aluminum tubes — was sent to China’s Shenyang Aircraft Corporation but was actually headed to North Korea. The shipment left Hamburg, Germany, on a French container ship April 3 and was seized nine days later as it was about to enter the Suez Canal. The shipment was unloaded in Egypt (Singapore Straits Times, April 28).
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