Monday, September 19, 2005

North Korea breakthrough?

Although hopes should not yet be raised too much, it looks like NK is desperate for a deal without loosing face and afraid of an internal collapse:

The North “committed to abandoning all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs and returning at an early date” to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, according to the agreement by the six countries at the talks.

Negotiators agreed to hold more talks in November, where they were expected to move on to concrete discussions about implementing the broad principles outlined in Monday’s agreement. The main U.S. envoy, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, has warned that could still be a long process.

3 comments:

Fausta said...

I wouldn't underestimate the effect of Koizumi's landslide win in the North Korean decision.

marlow said...

You ARE brilliant!

Fausta said...

Thank you Captain -- great minds think like!