Thursday, March 22, 2007

You say North Korea, I say DPRK

Korea talks break off over funds in Macao says the IHT. No date set for restarting them. Hill claims that the previous agreement will move ahead, but the DPRK stated quite clearly that they will not shut down the reactor until the 25 mil is securely in their hands.
But it's still OK, says Hill:
China called a halt to the talks late Thursday without a date being agreed for the next round of negotiations although Hill said a Feb. 13 agreement that the North would shut down its Yongbyon reactor by April 13 in return for economic aid remained on track.
The Russians do not agree:

BEIJING. March 22 (Interfax-China) - The situation at the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear problem suggests that the plan for freezing North Korea's nuclear facilities within the scheduled 60 days will not be fulfilled, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov said.

"A recess announced in the talks means two things: the United States has failed to honor its obligations within 30 days and, second, the plan of measures to freeze North Korea's nuclear facilities within the scheduled 60 days will not be fulfilled," Losyukov told the press in Beijing.

"Today's meeting has even failed to start the discussion of this issue," he said. sd

My emphasis above, sabotage?

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