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Chris Hill Meets with North Koreans
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ABC News' Kirit Radia reports: U.S. Six-Party Talks envoy Chris Hill is scrambling to ink a deal to verify North Korea's declared nuclear capability.
Hill met in Singapore today with his North Korean counterpart to put the verification terms on paper, though it appears that won't happen before Monday's six-party talks meeting in China.
But wait, wasn't verification agreed upon two months ago? Yes and no.
Hill thought he had the deal done when he visited Pyongyang in October. But sources say he never got the specific terms of verification in writing.
Now there are signs of unraveling as the North Koreans are refusing to comply with verification measures the United States insisted they would be allowed to do. For example, North Korea won't let experts remove samples from its nuclear facilities, something US officials told reporters at an October press conference they would be able to do.
Adding to Hill's troubles, Japan (not to mention many of Hill's American colleagues), is angry and feels mislead about the nature of the agreement with the North Koreans.
Hill was hoping to get this done before Monday, but it looks like he'll have to hammer out the details then.
The incoming Obama administration will no doubt inherit the North Korea talks, but it is unclear whether Chris Hill will be along for the ride. One source said other names are being considered to take over Hill's role as envoy.
December 4, 2008 in Washington | Permalink | User Comments (5)
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In the interim, I will take over as envoy. Dear North Korea, soon the long wait for unification will be over. Allow the Obama administration to help you with it in exchange for nuclear power to enerigize your unuion with the South. Best Regards...
Posted by: daddyblue | Dec 4, 2008 7:34:00 PM
DPRK may think that it can get a better deal from Obama. Guess again. Hillary Clinton has lots of experience extracting concessions from an out-of-control womanizer, whether its a Dear Leader or her not-so-dear ex-leader spouse.
Posted by: George | Dec 4, 2008 10:46:51 PM
We're talking with Terrorists and Dictators!!!!? Wait a minute, isn't this what the Republicans accused what Obama would do?
Posted by: Michael C | Dec 4, 2008 11:58:39 PM
They need to talk. The 'pre-conditions' thing is what bothered many of us. Now, negotiating with Al-Qaeda or the Taliban, that is, groups that are just terror groups? I don't see how you can get anything meaningful out of that. Seems that Israel trying to get anything done with Hamas has been an abject failure.
Posted by: Grand Old Party | Dec 5, 2008 12:16:37 AM
I love how republicans live in a self imposed delusional state. We are talking with the North Koreans without "pre conditions." They don't have to give up their nuclear arsenal, and in return we give them billions in aid. Why aren't the republicans up in arms over this?
Posted by: Michael C | Dec 6, 2008 6:26:39 PM
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