U.S. Department of State
Daily Press Briefing
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
Briefer: JAMES P. RUBIN
| NORTH KOREA | |
| 5;6-7 | Bilateral meetings have just begun; sea boundary dispute came up in general officer talks last week in Panmunjom. |
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
DPB #117
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999, 1:22 P.M.
(ON THE RECORD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
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QUESTION: Do you have any reading from Berlin on the US-North Korean talks?
MR. RUBIN: The meetings just started today and obviously they're on a subject of great importance to us - the subject of missiles - and we continue to hold the positions that we've had in the past, but we don't think it's helpful to speculate in public about such discussions as they've just began.
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QUESTION: Jamie, will there be any discussion in Geneva with the North Koreans about the --
MR. RUBIN: Berlin, you mean?
QUESTION: I'm sorry.
MR. RUBIN: Okay.
QUESTION: About the situation that erupted last week. They have said that they are not going to honor the line that was - the northern limit line. Today they said that they would attack South Korean ships that tried to go north of the line that they established as their own last week.
MR. RUBIN: At the general officer talks in Panmunjom, the United Nations Command urged that the issue be settled through dialog. We continue to urge a dialogue that would result in an amicable solution that will avoid future incidents. As you know from the past that bilateral discussions occasionally become a forum by which the North Koreans may raise issues like that and obviously we'd have something to say back, but to my knowledge that hasn't happened. Our view as to what should happen I just stated.
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