Tracking Number: 329744
Title: "US, North Korea to Meet Again; Military Exercise Suspended." State Department statement on North Korea-US nuclear discussions and the suspension of South Korea-US
military exercises. (940303)
Translated Title: Reprise des negociations entre les E-U et la Coree du Nord. (940303)
Date: 19940303
Text:
U.S., NORTH KOREA TO MEET AGAIN; MILITARY EXERCISE
SUSPENDED
(Text: State Department statement) (640) Washington -- The United States and North Korea will meet in Geneva March 21 for a third round of negotiations aimed at resolving nuclear and other issues, the State Department says.
"Also, the government of the Republic of Korea has announced that it and the U.S. government have decided to suspend the combined military exercise, Team Spirit in 1994," department spokesman Michael McCurry said in a March 3 statement.
He said the steps have been taken following confirmation that an International Atomic Energy Agency inspection team has arrived in Pyongyang to inspect nuclear facilities, and discussions between North and South Korea have resumed in Panmunjom.
Following is the text of the State Department statement: (begin text) The U.S. government has been informed that a team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived in Pyongyang to begin work at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear research facility. The IAEA team will carry out activities aimed at verifying that nuclear material at these facilities has not been diverted since earlier IAEA inspections and facilitating future verification. The team expects to complete these inspections necessary to ensure continuity of safeguards in North Korea in about two weeks.
We have also been informed that representatives of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) resumed discussions earlier today in the joint security area at Panmunjom on the exchange of special envoys who will address intra-Korean issues, including the nuclear issue.
In light of these steps, the United States has agreed with the DPRK to meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 21 to begin a third round of negotiations. The talks will aim at a thorough and broad resolution of the nuclear and other issues that separate the DPRK from the United States and the rest of the international community.
Assistant Secretary of State Robert L. Gallucci will head the U.S. delegation to the third round talks.
Also, the government of the Republic of Korea has announced that it and the U.S. government have decided to suspend the combined military exercise, Team Spirit in 1994. The United States agrees with that decision. The long-standing security relationship between the ROK and the United States remains strong, and the suspension of Team Spirit '94 will not weaken our joint defensive capabilities.
The undertakings of the United States regarding Team Spirit '94 and a third round of U.S.-DPRK talks are based on the premise that the IAEA inspections will be fully implemented and the South-North nuclear dialogue will continue through the exchange of special envoys.
AGREED CONCLUSIONS The United States of America (USA) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have held a series of talks in New York, with the purpose of making continued joint efforts to resolve the nuclear issue through dialogue according to the principles of the U.S./DPRK Joint Statement of June 11, 1993.
Pursuant to the consultations, both sides have agreed to take four simultaneous steps on March 1, 1994 as follows:
1. The USA announces its decision to agree with the Republic of Korea's suspension of the Team Spirit '94 joint military exercise.
2. The inspections necessary for the continuity of safeguards as agreed between the IAEA and the DPRK on February 15, 1994 begin and will be completed within the period agreed by the IAEA and the DPRK.
3. The working level contacts resume in Panmunjom for the exchange of North-South special envoys.
4. The USA and DPRK announce that the third round of U.S./DPRK talks will begin on March 21, 1994 in Geneva.
Each of these simultaneous steps is required for the implementation of these agreed conclusions.
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File Identification: 03/03/94, TXT403; 03/03/94, AEF408; 03/03/94, EPF410; 03/03/94, EUR404; 03/03/94, LEF415; 03/03/94, NEA411; 03/04/94, ERF502; 03/11/94, AFF509
Product Name: Wireless File
Product
Code: WF
Languages: Russian; French
Keywords: KOREA (NORTH)-US RELATIONS; KOREA (SOUTH)-US RELATIONS; KOREA (NORTH)/Defense & Military; INSPECTIONS; ARMS CONTROL VERIFICATION; NUCLEAR
NON-PROLIFERATION; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; KOREA (SOUTH)/Defense & Military;
Document Type: TXT
Thematic Codes: 1EA; 1UN; 1AC
Target Areas: AF; AR; EA; EU; NE
PDQ Text Link: 329744; 331804
USIA Notes: *94030303.TXT
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