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North Korea: Powell Says No Economic Incentives Offered U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that the United States has not offered economic incentives to urge North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions (see GSN, Aug. 13). “We have put no economic proposals forward at the moment,” Powell said. In recent weeks, Powell has suggested that Washington could provide an informal nonaggression agreement to Pyongyang. “We are looking for a different relationship with North Korea,” he said (Barry Schweid, Associated Press/London Guardian, Aug. 14). A senior White House official said, “there is still no internally agreed upon U.S. position.” U.S. President George W. Bush said yesterday that he thinks the crisis can be resolved “in a peaceful way, and we’re making good progress” (Bill Nichols, USA Today, Aug. 14). Meanwhile, U.S., South Korean and Japanese diplomats met yesterday in Washington and discussed upcoming six-nation talks with North Korea. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing also met with South Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Young-kwan in Seoul and developed a coordinated approach for the negotiations, Yonhap News Agency reported. After the meeting, Li announced he was “pleased to say that we have reached a consensus” (Yonhap News Agency/BBC Monitoring, Aug. 14). China and Russia might offer North Korea a nonaggression treaty in an effort to persuade Pyongyang to end its nuclear weapons efforts, the Associated Press reported. “The two countries might offer additional guarantees, if guarantees established by the United States fail to meet North Korea’s expectations to the full,” said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov. “North Korea’s wish to have security guarantees looks absolutely logical and there is every indication it will be insisting on them,” he added (Steve Gutterman, Associated Press/Moscow Times, Aug. 10).
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