China hands out accord at nuclear talks

BEIJING - China has distributed a draft agreement to the countries at international talks seeking to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programs, a South Korean official said early Friday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing diplomacy, gave no details of the draft. However, other delegates said earlier the agreement would outline initial steps for implementing a September 2005 agreement from the six-nation talks where Pyongyang pledged to disarm in exchange for aid and security guarantees.

"We had a good first day today," Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told reporters Thursday evening after North Korea agreed in principle to take initial steps toward dismantling its nuclear programs.

"We hope we can achieve some kind of joint statement here," he said.

Unlike the last round of talks in December, Hill said the countries "were able to make progress on discussing denuclearization."

Hill had said the draft agreement expected from China would detail a "set of actions taken in a finite amount of time." He declined to give specifics, but said the moves would take place in a matter of "single-digit weeks."
China hands out accord at nuclear talks - Yahoo! News

China must have "explained" things to good ol' N. Korea.......good for them!

Have a good one!:s4:

he is going to break it down, box it up, and sell it to Iran..... LOL