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N. Korea to resume nuclear disablement
North Korea has vowed to resume disabling its nuclear facilities after the United Sates removed the country from its terrorism blacklist.
The US removed North Korea from the list of states that sponsor terrorism on Saturday, after Washington and Pyongyang agreed on a compromised nuclear deal.
On Sunday, North Korea's Foreign Ministry welcomed the decision and said that the disabling of nuclear facilities would now resume, and that international monitors would be allowed access.
According to US officials, the latest US-North Korean deal allows for outside experts, including US and IAEA inspectors, to visit both declared and undeclared sites in North Korea, take and remove samples and equipment for analysis, view documents and interview staff.
Removal from the 'terror list' means that North Korea is no longer blocked from access to bilateral economic aid and will be able to apply for loans from the World Bank and other international financial institutions.
It is not the first time that North Korea has announced it will abandon its nuclear program. In June, the communist state disabled its Yongbyon nuclear reactor after the US promised it would be removed from the blacklist. But Pyongyang reassembled the plant after Washington reneged on its side of the deal.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesman however said that the future of nuclear disablement will depend on whether the delisting "actually takes effect," and whether other signatories to a six-nation disarmament accord complete delivery of promised energy aid, AFP reported.
North Korea has been promised energy aid equivalent to one million tons of heavy fuel oil from the nations involved in the disarmament talks. The nations involved include South Korea, the US, China, Japan and Russia, but Japan has criticized the recent deal, calling it "extremely regrettable".
North Korea has vowed to resume disabling its nuclear facilities after the United Sates removed the country from its terrorism blacklist.
The US removed North Korea from the list of states that sponsor terrorism on Saturday, after Washington and Pyongyang agreed on a compromised nuclear deal.
On Sunday, North Korea's Foreign Ministry welcomed the decision and said that the disabling of nuclear facilities would now resume, and that international monitors would be allowed access.
According to US officials, the latest US-North Korean deal allows for outside experts, including US and IAEA inspectors, to visit both declared and undeclared sites in North Korea, take and remove samples and equipment for analysis, view documents and interview staff.
Removal from the 'terror list' means that North Korea is no longer blocked from access to bilateral economic aid and will be able to apply for loans from the World Bank and other international financial institutions.
It is not the first time that North Korea has announced it will abandon its nuclear program. In June, the communist state disabled its Yongbyon nuclear reactor after the US promised it would be removed from the blacklist. But Pyongyang reassembled the plant after Washington reneged on its side of the deal.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesman however said that the future of nuclear disablement will depend on whether the delisting "actually takes effect," and whether other signatories to a six-nation disarmament accord complete delivery of promised energy aid, AFP reported.
North Korea has been promised energy aid equivalent to one million tons of heavy fuel oil from the nations involved in the disarmament talks. The nations involved include South Korea, the US, China, Japan and Russia, but Japan has criticized the recent deal, calling it "extremely regrettable".
