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Only Details Left in North Korea Disarmament

Delegates head home to talk 'nuts and bolts' with their governments

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 30, 2007 2:47 PM CDT
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(Newser) – North Korea’s nuclear disarmament seems near at hand. Delegates from six-party negotiations returned home today to walk their governments through the plan's “nuts and bolts.” The talks fleshed out Korea’s February pledge to disarm for fuel aid. “Assuming we go forward with this, it lays out an entire roadmap through the end of the year,” said the US envoy.

The envoys hope to release a detailed joint statement in two days, Reuters reports. Already President Bush has authorized $25 million in aid, and China and South Korea have made initial fuel shipments. Russia is expected to follow. But Japan will not participate, it seems, unless North Korea makes amends for the abduction of several Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s.

Envoys from six nations from left, Russia's Alexander Losyukov, South Korea's Chun Yung-woo, North Korea's Kim Gye Gwan, China's Wu Dawei, Christopher Hill of the U.S. and Japan's Kenichiro Sasae, clasp their hands together while posing for a group photo, after Wu gave a press statement regarding talks on...
Envoys from six nations from left, Russia's Alexander Losyukov, South Korea's Chun Yung-woo, North Korea's Kim Gye Gwan, China's Wu Dawei, Christopher Hill of the U.S. and Japan's Kenichiro Sasae, clasp...   (Associated Press)
North Korea's envoy Kim Kye Gwan, left, hakes hand with U.S. envoy Christopher Hill, after China's Wu Dawei gave a statement to the press on six-nation talks aimed at disarming North Korea's nuclear programs, in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007. Six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs will...
North Korea's envoy Kim Kye Gwan, left, hakes hand with U.S. envoy Christopher Hill, after China's Wu Dawei gave a statement to the press on six-nation talks aimed at disarming North Korea's nuclear programs,...   (Associated Press)
China's envoy Wu Dawei, center, flanked by delegates Kim Kye Gwan of North Korea, left, and Christopher Hill of the U.S., right, delivers a statement to the press in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007. Six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs will take a two-day break while participants...
China's envoy Wu Dawei, center, flanked by delegates Kim Kye Gwan of North Korea, left, and Christopher Hill of the U.S., right, delivers a statement to the press in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007....   (Associated Press)
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