US envoy visits DPRK reactor
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
SEOUL, Dec 04 (AP): The top United States (US) nuclear negotiator for North Korea visited its reactor, becoming the highest-level American official to go there, an official said Tuesday, amid progress in efforts to end the communist nation's decades-old pursuit of atomic weapons.
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill inspected work at the Yongbyon complex, north of Pyongyang, Monday afternoon, said Max Kwak, a spokesman for the US Embassy in Seoul.
He gave no more details, including Hill's reaction to the ongoing work to disable the plutonium-producing reactor being conducted under a six-nation agreement.
On Tuesday, Hill met with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a one-sentence dispatch.
The US envoy also toured Pyongyang and rode a subway with other members of the US delegation, including Sung Kim, the State Department's top Korea expert, according to footage from broadcaster APTN.
Hill also met with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported in a brief one-sentence dispatch.
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill inspected work at the Yongbyon complex, north of Pyongyang, Monday afternoon, said Max Kwak, a spokesman for the US Embassy in Seoul.
He gave no more details, including Hill's reaction to the ongoing work to disable the plutonium-producing reactor being conducted under a six-nation agreement.
On Tuesday, Hill met with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a one-sentence dispatch.
The US envoy also toured Pyongyang and rode a subway with other members of the US delegation, including Sung Kim, the State Department's top Korea expert, according to footage from broadcaster APTN.
Hill also met with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported in a brief one-sentence dispatch.