Posted on 09/03/2007 9:23:21 PM PDT by james500
A top US official has rejected North Korea's claim that Washington has agreed to remove it from a list of countries that support terrorism.
Nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill said that such a move would depend on progress by Pyongyang towards ending its nuclear programme.
On Monday North Korea said that the US had agreed to the move at bilateral talks in Geneva at the weekend.
In return, it would disable its nuclear facilities by year-end, it said.
North Korea wants to be delisted to improve its international standing.
It was blacklisted in January 1988, following the bombing of a South Korean airliner. All 115 passengers on board were killed.
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Whether or not North Korea stops making nuclear warheads is irrelevant. Iran has the raw material and places to enrich it. North Korea has the technology to do so (as does Pakistan) and the missiles on which to mount the weapons.
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