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Date Set for North Korean Nuclear Talks
Six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program are expected to begin Tuesday in Beijing, Agence France-Presse reported today (see GSN, July 18). No end date for the session has been set, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan told the Xinhua news agency. South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Lee Kyu-hyung confirmed the date given by Beijing (Agence France-Presse/SpaceWar.com, July 19). Japan plans to propose during the negotiations that both nuclear weapons and nuclear energy programs be forbidden to Pyongyang, the Yomiuri Shimbun quoted Japanese officials as saying yesterday. Under the Japanese plan, North Korea would have to entirely dismantle its nuclear program — including civilian applications — and allow inspections to verify the move in order to receive energy assistance from the negotiating partners, Yomiuri reported. South Korea has offered 2 million kilowatts of electricity aid to North Korea (see GSN, July 13). That means Pyongyang would no longer need a nuclear power program, Tokyo plans to argue, according to the officials (Yomiuri Shimbun, July 19).
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