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Rice: Diplomacy Key in Progress on North Korea

Posted Jun 26, 08 10:44 AM CDT in US,  Opinion,  World 

(Newser) – Diplomacy is working with North Korea, and the US has made few concessions to bring the rogue state closer to eliminating its nuclear ambitions, Condoleezza Rice writes in today’s Wall Street Journal. "We and the other four parties will expect North Korea to cooperate with us in verifying the accuracy and completeness of its declaration," the Secretary of State writes. "And if that cooperation is lacking, we will respond accordingly."

While the US will be cautious in demanding full verification of Pyongyang’s declaration this morning, has neither given “significant economic assistance" in return. And if North Korea does “cheat” it won’t just be double-crossing the US—it’ll earn the scorn of all its neighbors, too.

Source Wall Street Journal

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New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during their meeting at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 25, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Condoleezza Rice and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, arrive for a group photo session of the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting at the guesthouse in Kyoto western Japan Thursday June 26, 2008.   (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
"We believe that the six-party framework is the best way to learn more about the threat posed by this closed and opaque regime," US Secretary of State Codoleezza Rice writes of North Korea.   (AP Photo)
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