North Korea agreed Tuesday after arduous talks to shut down its main nuclear reactor and eventually dismantle its atomic weapons program, just four months after the communist state shocked the world by testing a nuclear bomb. But North Korean state media said the nuclear agreement requires only a "temporary suspension" of its nuclear facilities.
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Under the deal, the North would receive initial aid equal to 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil for shutting down and sealing its main nuclear reactor and related facilities at Yongbyon, north of the capital, within 60 days, to be confirmed by international inspectors. For irreversibly disabling the reactor and declaring all nuclear programs, the North will eventually receive another 950,000 tons in aid. The total is worth $250 million.
One million tons of oil would be equivalent to more than two-thirds of North Korea's entire oil consumption in 2004, according figures in the CIA Factbook.
The agreement, which also requires that North Korea state all its nuclear programs including plutonium already extracted, was read to all delegates in a conference room at a Chinese state guesthouse. Chinese envoy Wu Dawei asked if there were objections. With none made, the officials all stood and applauded.
Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 6546 Local time: 10:05 AM Location: Pale Blue Dot
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:00 am Post subject:
Moloth wrote:
is this on the honor system or what? who's gonna determine that N. Korea is actually disarming? The U.N. inspectors? sheesh...
I mean, its GREAT news.. IF its true.
Let's hope W doesn't have anything to do with this, or we'll have another March 17th deadline
J/K It doesn't seem like the US is getting too involved with this, which is good considering our current mode of diplomacy:
"Give us yer bombs or we'll shoot!"
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 2799 Local time: 5:05 PM Location: Behind the computer
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject:
Not the first 'cash' agreement for that nutjob's bombs. _________________ "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool" --- Richard P. Feynman
"Why not just make your null hypothesis be that..." - Philosophos
Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 1603 Local time: 1:05 PM
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:
I see that Kim got what he wanted again. Just rattle a few swords and the West will give him the aid he wants. I wonder how much of it will make it his people? _________________ America is not worth the effort anymore. RIP. It was suicide.
Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 6516 Local time: 5:05 PM Location: England
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject:
Wonderful new my godless comrades! Glorious atheistic North Korea proves its altrustic superiority yet again! If only the whole world was likewise cleansed of religion! _________________ Theists wank too.
Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 6546 Local time: 10:05 AM Location: Pale Blue Dot
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject:
Lol. Especially at the spelling of "Haw". _________________ "If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?"
Carl Sagan
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