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Russia’s Involvement in N. Korean Talks Was Vital, Bush Made Clear
The deal on North Korea was vital also because of having China, South Korea, Japan and Russia involved in the accord, U.S. President George W. Bush commented on the agreement, which was reached by six countries in Beijing after nearly a week of talks, AP reported.
U.S. President George W. Bush disagreed with his former ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton and other diplomats, who criticized the deal for relieving North Korea from economic pressure in exchange for only partial termination of its nuclear program.
Bush called such assessments totally wrong and emphasized the significance of resuming the talks between two Koreans, expecting it to hasten the time when the peninsula could becomes free of nuclear weapons.
The joint agreement sealed as a result of six-party talks on nuclear weapon program of North Korea commits the latter to shutter its Yongbyon reactor within 60 days and allow international inspectors to the site. In return, South Korea, China, the United States and Russia will supply to Pyongyang 50,000 tons of black oil or provide an economic or humanitarian aid of equal value. North Korea will get another 950,000 tons of crude (or equivalent aid) once it makes additional steps towards disarmament, including provision of complete lists of all nuclear programs and plutonium reserves, closing all nuclear facilities, including the carbon reactors and processing plants.
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