Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill
reach trying turns work
We are trying to work with it, ... We are trying to reach something with it. How this turns out we don't know yet.
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What is the purpose of operating it at this point? ... The time to turn it off would be about now.
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It is very important to understand that all the North Korean nuclear energy programs, up to now, all of them have been related to weapons. Not a light bulb has been turned on as a result of the nuclear reactors in North Korea.
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It is a big decision for them (North Korea), a big undertaking, but it's absolutely the right decision for them. The security, the success, the prosperity of the DPRK does not depend on nuclear weapons. In fact, it depends on relations with others. So this is a moment which I think will be a very important moment in their history, to make this turn, and to turn away from these sorts of weapons and toward interactions with their neighbors and with other countries in the world.
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The DPRK has been engaged in nuclear energy for some 25 years. They have not succeeded in turning it into electricity. They have succeeded in turning it into plutonium.
aspects discuss sure
I'm sure we'll discuss all aspects of six-party talks.
interest sixth
In fact, they have more than one sixth of the interest to come back to the process.
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In a very real sense, (North Korea) really does stand at a crossroads and they can look forward to a brighter future, a more secure future, a more prosperous future, ... But they really can't do it with nuclear weapons. They've really got to get off that.
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I know there's an election in Japan, but it doesn't mean there isn't going to be a government in Japan, so I'm sure we'll be able to work closely together and I'm sure there will be real continuity in what we need to get done.
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I know we have had two discussions within the New York channel, and I can't say really there has been progress, ... We will have a better idea about what the DPRK position is.
coming delegation hope issues precisely
I know that my delegation is coming here to work. We know pretty precisely what the issues are. I hope the (North Korean) delegation has also done some homework,
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Everybody is the winner. This is a win-win situation. We got an agreement on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
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The Beijing agreement on principle in September I think was a very important agreement, but it needs to be followed up on an agreement on implementation.
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They have to come to realize that nuclear weapons for North Korea do nothing for North Korea's security, ... We need to get North Korea to understand that its security is not tied up with nuclear weapons. Its security is tied up in good relations with other countries.