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发表于 2005-9-19 18:05
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N.Korea accord reached, but so far just words
朝核协议达成 仍有待实践
Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:35 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - A deadlock was broken on Monday as North Korea promised to give up its nuclear weapons and programmes, but skeptics said the deal hammered out during a week of tense talks in Beijing was long on words and short of action.
South Korea, the United States, Japan, Russia and China -- the other players in the six-party talks -- in exchange expressed a willingness to provide oil, energy aid and security guarantees.
Washington and Tokyo agreed to normalize ties with the impoverished and diplomatically isolated North, which pledged to rejoin the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
\"The joint statement is the most important achievement in the two years since the start of six-party talks,\" Chinese chief negotiator Wu Dawei said. The seven-day session ended with a standing ovation by all delegates.
Chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill said the proof would be in implementation.
\"Whether this agreement helps solve this will depend in large measure on what we do in the days and weeks that follow,\" he told reporters. \"We need to take the momentum of this agreement and work to see that it is implemented.
\"We have to see this decision (by North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons) followed up on. We have to see implementation.\"
Japan\'s chief delegate, Kenichiro Sasae, also stressed the need for following through on promises.
\"We must secure specific agreements regarding the implementation of the agreed principles, particularly the specific sequence toward realization of the abandonment of nuclear programmes by North Korea and verification measures.\"
Lee Dong-bok, Seoul-based senior associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said the joint statement had failed to bring about any real progress.
\"It contains no more than agreements on some principles that help prevent the talks from collapsing and take them to the next round,\" he said.
Under the agreement, North Korea would have the right to a civilian nuclear program -- the main sticking point between Pyongyang and Washington -- if it regains international trust.
The United States, backed by Japan, had argued that North Korea could not be trusted with atomic energy, but China, South Korea and Russia supported the position that if Pyongyang scrapped its nuclear weapons and agreed to strict safeguards it could have such an energy program in future.
Failure to reach an agreement on dismantling North Korea\'s weapons programmes could have prompted Washington to take the issue to the U.N. Security Council and press for sanctions.
The North had said sanctions would be tantamount to war. |
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