The White House Briefing Room
August 17, 1998
REMARKS BY MIKE MCCURRY IN PRESS GAGGLE
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release August 17, 1998 REMARKS BY MIKE MCCURRY IN PRESS GAGGLE The Briefing Room 11:48 A.M. EDT ...................... Q North Korea nuclear facilities -- any comment? MR. MCCURRY: Well, predictably, there's not much that I can say to comment on intelligence reports that appear in newspapers. But I will say the following: that we believe that the DPRK remains in compliance with the agreed framework. That's the October 1994 Geneva agreed framework. And we continue to monitor the situation closely. Under the agreed framework reached between the United States and North Korea, North Korea, the DPRK, agreed to freeze and eventually dismantle its plutonium production and to eventually comply with its obligations under the NPT -- the Nonproliferation Treaty. Since 1994, the North's reactor has been shut down, no plutonium has been reprocessed, and these facilities are and have been open to monitoring by the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency. In return, the United States has agreed to conduct a certain program of activity under the agreed framework and we have met our obligations. We think it's important for the North to meet its obligations. Of course, we would be concerned if North Korea tried to establish a plutonium production elsewhere. We will continue to monitor North Korean activity closely and will be discussing with our allies any changes that we see on the ground. Q Mike, have you or other members of the senior staff been informed that the President will be abandoning his longstanding denials of a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky? MR. MCCURRY: No. As I indicated earlier, we have not been informed about the substance of his testimony. .................... END 11:15 A.M. EDT #530-08/17
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