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Six-party talks totter into no man's land
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-04 07:00
The crisis erupted in October 2002 when U.S. officials confronted
the North Korea with evidence it was violating international protocol
by pursuing a clandestine uranium enrichment weapons program.
The North Koreans responded by throwing out U.N. weapons inspectors,
abandoning the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and restarting their mothballed
Yongbyon reactor.
Pyongyang upped the stakes in February, announcing it now had nuclear weapons
and demanding aid, assurances and diplomatic recognition from Washington in
return for scrapping them.
This fourth round of six-party talks has been the most promising in terms of
an unprecedented level of contact between the U.S. and North Korean delegations
and the length of debate over the joint statement.
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