Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
19 October North Korea Special Weapons News
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- Weekly On North Korea ROK National Intelligence Service October 13 - 19, 2003
- U-S/NORTH KOREA WRAP VOA 19 Oct 2003 -- President Bush said Sunday the United States is willing to give North Korea security assurances in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons program, though he ruled out the non-aggression treaty that Pyongyang has been demanding. Mr. Bush discussed the issue in Bangkok Sunday with Chinese President Hu Jintao, whose government has sponsored multi-lateral talks on the issue.
- BUSH / NORTH KOREA (L-UPDATE) VOA 19 Oct 2003 -- President Bush says the United States has no intention of invading North Korea, but he is again rejecting Pyongyang's demands for a non-aggression pact. Mr. Bush is in Thailand, where he is discussing ways to assuage North Korean concerns about a possible U-S attack, without making those promises part of a formal treaty.
- BUSH / NORTH KOREA VOA 19 Oct 2003 -- President Bush says the United States has no intention of invading North Korea, but he is again rejecting Pyongyang's demands for a non-aggression pact. Mr. Bush is in Thailand meeting with Asian leaders on the sidelines of a regional economic forum.
- U.S. Exploring Multilateral Security Assurances for N. Korea Washington File 19 Oct 2003 -- The United States is exploring a number of different models for providing security assurances to North Korea within the framework of the six-party talks rather than negotiating a treaty or a non-aggression pact, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a series of television news interviews in Bangkok on October 19.
- Powell Says Bush Committed to Multilateral Diplomacy on North Korea Washington File 19 Oct 2003 -- President Bush is committed to a diplomatic resolution of the North Korea situation and feels that a multilateral approach including South Korea, Japan, China, and Russia is more appropriate and effective than bilateral U.S.-North Korea talks would be, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview with CNN October 19.
- North Korea Security Assurances Will Not Be Formal Pact, Powell Says Washington File 19 Oct 2003 -- The United States does not want to provide security assurances to North Korea in the form of a treaty or formal non-aggression pact, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview on CBS's Face the Nation October 19, during which he also defended the administration's policy in Iraq.
- Security Assurances Must Come Through Multilateral Talks Washington File 19 Oct 2003 -- In a meeting with President Hu Jintao of China, President Bush shared ideas for providing North Korea with security assurances within the framework of the six-party multilateral negotiations in which China is playing a leading role. Senior administration officials summarized President Bush's views in a background briefing in Bangkok on October 19.
- Bush, China's Hu Seek Nuclear-Free Korean Peninsula Washington File 19 Oct 2003 -- In remarks to the press in Bangkok October 19, President Bush and President Hu Jintao of China said they had "a very constructive dialogue" on fair trade, the global war on terrorism, and North Korea.
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