Text of Joint Statement From Nuclear Talks [North Korea nuclear program]

Boston Globe & Associated Press ^ | September 19, 2005

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Text of the joint statement issued Monday by six nations at talks in Beijing on North Korea's nuclear program:

For the cause of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in northeast Asia at large, the six parties held in a spirit of mutual respect and equality serious and practical talks concerning the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on the basis of the common understanding of the previous three rounds of talks and agreed in this context to the following:

1) The six parties unanimously reaffirmed that the goal of the six-party talks is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) committed to abandoning all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs and returning at an early date to the treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT) and to IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards.

The United States affirmed that is has no nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula and has no intention to attack or invade the DPRK with nuclear or conventional weapons.

The ROK (South Korea) reaffirmed its commitment not to receive or deploy nuclear weapons in accordance with the 1992 joint declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, while affirming that there exist no nuclear weapons within its territory.

The 1992 joint declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula should be observed and implemented.

The DPRK stated that it has the right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

The other parties expressed their respect and agreed to discuss at an appropriate time the subject of the provision of light-water reactor to the DPRK.

2) The six parties undertook, in their relations, to abide by the purposes and principles…"

Excerpt. Story follows at Boston Globe

[adobbs]

Lets hope this is a workable agreement !! If so the President shows up Clinton once again !! GOOD !!

[gpapa]

Never trust the North Koreans. Actions speak louder than words. Until then no trust can be had without verification.

[nathanbedford]

Every stinkin' leftist in America (and those who just voted here in Germany too) ought to fall on his knees and earnestly beg for undeserved forgiveness of a compassionate God because they facilitated eight years of travesty known as Clintonism and acknowledge that they are the undeserving beneficiaries of an amazing grace which grants them a hope of avoiding a nuclear attack from a client-terrorist of North Korea.

2/3s of the axis of evil has been neutralized only because one man has been resolute.