Manila, July 29 (AP): North Korea's new foreign minister reaffirmed his country's commitment to ending its nuclear weapons programme, an official said Sunday.
Pak Ui Chun, however, did not specify when North Korea would disable its nuclear facilities, Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Claro Cristobal said.
Pak, who is making his first overseas trip since becoming foreign minister in May, is in Manila to attend the ASEAN Regional Forum, Asia's largest security organisation.
North Korea shut down its Yongbyon reactor earlier this month under a February agreement reached in six-nation talks on its nuclear programme, the first tangible progress after years of negotiations.
In return, it has begun receiving 50,000 tons of oil from South Korea and is to eventually receive the equivalent of a total of 1 million tons for disabling all its nuclear facilities.
However, the latest round of nuclear talks ended earlier this month without any target date for disabling the facilities.
In a meeting Sunday with Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, Pak did not specify a date, but said his country "is committed to the agreement signed in February to move forward the denuclearzation of the Korean peninsula," Cristobal said.
N Korea reaffirms N-commitment
FE Team | Published: July 30, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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