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North Korea talks suspended for three weeks
(AP/Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-07 13:53
The dispute erupted in late 2002 after U.S. officials said the North admitted
violating a 1994 deal by embarking on a secret uranium enrichment program.
Pyongyang later withdrew from the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty.
In February, the North claimed it had nuclear weapons.
Hill met Saturday with Chinese and North Korean officials in what he said was
an attempt to find ways to speed up the negotiations, but he said the meeting
made little progress.
Hill on Friday challenged the North's insistence on retaining a peaceful
nuclear program, pointing to its record of converting a research reactor for
weapons use.
He was referring to the North's main nuclear complex at Yongbyon, purportedly
built for research with Soviet assistance but later turned into the headquarters
for the North's nuclear weapons program.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has said his government would rejoin the
non-proliferation treaty and admit international inspectors if the Beijing talks
are successful.
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