Tuesday, November 25, 2008

North Korea Will Allow Inspectors To Sample Nuclear Sites, US Says

A cooling tower is demolished at a North Korean nuclear plant Friday. North Korea toppled the cooling tower at its plutonium-producing reactor in a symbolic move to show its commitment to a disarmament deal that comes a day after it submitted an inventory of its nuclear program. REUTERS/Kyodo

From The Telegraph:

The United States has said it expects North Korea to formally agree to let inspectors take samples from weapons-grade nuclear sites during a high-level international meeting next month in Beijing.

North Korea insists it never agreed to the removal of samples, saying that outside verification of its nuclear inventory will involve only field visits, confirmation of documents and interviews with technicians.

However, US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters "it (sampling) is part of the agreement" which Washington reached with Pyongyang last month in exchange for striking North Korea from a terrorism blacklist.

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My Comment: He said, they said, we agreed .... they agreed .... they did not agree .... oh brother ...

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