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TOKYO - The United States will propose that North Korea remove nuclear-related material, such as processed plutonium or unprocessed nuclear fuel, and send it to Third World countries. The proposal is to be made in next month¡¯s second round of six-party talks and will be a top priority, Kyodo News and other Japanese media agencies have reported.
As North Korea has reactivated its nuclear activators, despite its promise to freeze its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon under the 1994 Agreed Framework, the United States is planning to propose moving nuclear-related materials from North Korea to Third World countries, in order to end the possibility of nuclear development, Japanese news agencies reported, quoting various sources in the U.S. government.
The materials to be removed will include plutonium, which had been detected before the 1994 agreement, and the handling of the materials will be most likely be done by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Japanese media said.
The United States is planning to present the specific details of the dismantling process in the next six-party talks, but to not demand the direct removal of the materials. The United States will bring up the issue following the third round of six-party talks, but as previous plans to remove nuclear fuel failed in the 1994 agreement, it is still unknown whether the North will agree, the Japanese media reported.
(Choi Heup, pot@chosun.com )
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