Envoy wants nuclear solution for all
Published: 08 Sep. 2009, 22:24
Russia’s deputy nuclear envoy called for a solution acceptable to all that would help revive the stalled six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea as he headed into talks with South Korean officials Tuesday.
Grigory Logvinov, deputy head of Moscow’s delegation to the multinational forum, met with his South Korean counterpart Hwang Joon-kook at the foreign ministry here.
“It is very important ... to find solutions acceptable for all parties that will enable [us to] restart negotiations [on the] denuclearization of the peninsula,” Logvinov said.
The six-way negotiations - involving the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia - have been stalled since Pyongyang boycotted the talks after international sanctions were imposed on it for its recent nuclear and missile tests.
In a letter sent to the UN Security Council last week, North Korea said its uranium enrichment program - a second route to nuclear weapons development, alongside plutonium enrichment - has entered into its “completion phase.”
The North also said it was weaponizing plutonium by reprocessing spent fuel rods but added that they were prepared for dialogue as well.
“You may agree this is a time for the five countries to strengthen cooperation in formulating a common response to the current situation,” Hwang told Logvinov and his aides. The Russian envoy will hold talks with other Seoul officials on his trip that began Monday. Yonhap
Grigory Logvinov, deputy head of Moscow’s delegation to the multinational forum, met with his South Korean counterpart Hwang Joon-kook at the foreign ministry here.
“It is very important ... to find solutions acceptable for all parties that will enable [us to] restart negotiations [on the] denuclearization of the peninsula,” Logvinov said.
The six-way negotiations - involving the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia - have been stalled since Pyongyang boycotted the talks after international sanctions were imposed on it for its recent nuclear and missile tests.
In a letter sent to the UN Security Council last week, North Korea said its uranium enrichment program - a second route to nuclear weapons development, alongside plutonium enrichment - has entered into its “completion phase.”
The North also said it was weaponizing plutonium by reprocessing spent fuel rods but added that they were prepared for dialogue as well.
“You may agree this is a time for the five countries to strengthen cooperation in formulating a common response to the current situation,” Hwang told Logvinov and his aides. The Russian envoy will hold talks with other Seoul officials on his trip that began Monday. Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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