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North Korea heralds 'remarkable achievements' in nuclear program
RIA
Novosti
Tuesday, Nov 3rd, 2009
North Korea said on Tuesday it had finished the
reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods and claimed "remarkable
achievements" in weaponizing plutonium extracted from them.
The statement, reported by South Korea's Yonhap agency, comes
after recent hints by the communist state that it would be prepared
to return to six-party talks on its nuclear program in exchange
for economic and diplomatic incentives.
Yonhap quoted the North's official Korean Central News Agency
as saying that Pyongyang had "successfully completed the
reprocessing of 8,000 spent fuel rods" by late August and
seen "remarkable achievements in weaponizing the extracted
plutonium to strengthen North Korea's nuclear deterrence."
North Korea said in April it would start reprocessing spent
fuel rods from its Yongbyon nuclear facility in protest against
UN criticism of its long-range rocket launch earlier that month.
Yonhap said in late October, citing South Korean lawmaker Lee
Mi-Kyung, that North Korea has 20 nuclear facilities, including
11 at Yongbyon, which has been dismantled under the disarmament
deal, and nine uranium producing mines.
The country said on Monday it wants to negotiate first with
the U.S. to repair hostile relations before resuming talks with
the other parties to the long-running denuclearization talks.
North Korea has invited Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special
envoy to Pyongyang, to visit. Washington has yet to officially
accept the invitation, but has said bilateral contacts would
be an important step towards resuming six-nation talks.
The UN banned imports and exports of nuclear material and all
weapons except small arms to and from North Korea following
a May 25 nuclear test, after which Pyongyang threatened to build
up its nuclear arsenal to counter what it calls hostile U.S.
policies.
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