“It would be logical to make a pause in negotiations, as it isn’t easy to solve the problem of paying back to North Korea in one or two days,” said Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov, left on the photo.
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N. Korean Negotiator Leaves Beijing Talks
North Korean chief nuclear envoy Kim Kye Gwan flew home from Beijing, AP reported. His departure broke six-party negotiations on nuclear program of North Korea and questioned the February achievements.
The negotiations were interrupted on inability to resolve the dispute over the money frozen in Macau bank. “It would be logical to make a pause in negotiations, as it isn’t easy to solve the problem of paying back to North Korea in one or two days,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov told Vesti TV Channel.
“The agreements remain unimplemented and the results of past round’s negotiations are questioned, whether we will leave the agreement in force or shift its deadline,” Losyukov added.
In February, the parties agreed that North Korea would begin winding down its nuclear programs in return for energy or humanitarian aid. But the negotiations have come to a deadlock because of $25 million in North Korean funds frozen in 2005 at Banco Delta Asia in Macau under the pressure from the United States.
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