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Pyongyang Questions U.S. Commitment to Nuclear Deal
North Korea yesterday criticized recent U.S. allegations of Pyongyang’s involvement in money laundering and questioned Washington’s commitment to last month’s nuclear disarmament agreement, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Oct. 18). Washington in September accused Banco Delta Asia of facilitating distribution of counterfeit currency by North Korea, AP reported (see GSN, Sept. 9). The allegation was “nothing but a version of the trite psychological warfare conducted by the U.S. administration to justify its hostile policy” toward North Korea, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. “This compels the D.P.R.K. to suspect whether the Bush administration has the willingness to implement the joint statement of the six-party talks or not,” said the spokesman (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Oct. 18). Meanwhile, Chinese President Hu Jintao is scheduled to travel to Pyongyang this month to discuss the North’s nuclear weapons program, Reuters reported yesterday. The visit is expected to occur around Oct. 24, Kyodo News quoted Chinese and North Korean sources as saying. Hu and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il are expected to discuss the specific steps Pyongyang will take to disarm, Kyodo reported (Reuters/Yahoo!News, Oct. 18).
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