Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill
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I think that the DPRK (North Korea) needs to understand that we need to move swiftly on denuclearization and the fact that denuclearization is the first step in the agreement.
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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.
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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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I understand we have some North Korean visitors here today.
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I have made it very clear, and I think the other delegations have made it clear, although I'll let them speak for themselves, that nobody is prepared to fund the light water reactor, and they should rather focus on the elements that are on the table and understand that those elements would be very beneficial.
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The DPRK needs to understand we need to move swiftly on denuclearization,
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all of the participants understand what they signed up for.
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Whether we have a draft that everyone agrees on, or whether it's decided that there should be a recess of some kind, we don't know yet,
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Whether this agreement helps solve this will depend in large measure on what we do in the days and weeks that follow.
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We're going to discuss a way forward on the six-party talks. Obviously what we need is for all six parties to agree to a date.
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We are looking forward to getting things going as scheduled, ... What we really have to do is ... identify the way forward and see how the principles will actually work in practice.
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We've used the one month very productively in Washington, we're ready to sit down and negotiate and try to finish this thing.
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We are going to have to pick up the pace if we are going to get there,
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We are not aware of whether at the end we will have an agreement or disagreement. We still don't know,