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Six Nations Meet on North Korean Nuclear Stalemate
Delegates from the countries participating in a six-party North Korean denuclearization deal discussed possible means to resolve an impasse over the agreement’s implementation in a string of meetings conducted in Beijing yesterday, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, April 9). North Korea says that it declared all of its nuclear activities last November as the deal requires, but Washington has pressured Pyongyang to report on the suspected existence of a North Korean uranium enrichment program and past nuclear assistance to Syria. Pyongyang, meanwhile, has accused the United States of stalling in providing promised incentives. "[U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill] is meeting today with his counterparts from the Japanese and South Korean six-party talks delegations and the Russian embassy and he will be meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei," to discuss the stalemate over the deal, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Susan Stevenson said yesterday. Meanwhile, the senior adviser to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson departed for Pyongyang yesterday to attend discussions on North Korea’s nuclear program at the invitation of the Stalinist state. “Dr. [K.A.] Namkung travels to North Korea at a critical junction, as the U.S. government has announced progress toward disabling the DPRK's nuclear facility,” Richardson said. Namkung left together with other In Tokyo, Japan’s ruling political party today backed a six-month extension of independent sanctions on North Korea, referring to the slowdown in North Korea’s nuclear disarmament, Kyodo News reported. Japan banned North Korean ships from its ports and all North Korean imports following Pyongyang’s nuclear bomb test in October 2006. Japanese cabinet ministers are expected to formally approve extension of the penalties tomorrow (Kyodo News/BreitBart, April 10).
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