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Full Implementation of February 13 Agreement Depends on U.S. and Japan

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, July 15 (KCNA) -- Given the fact that the DPRK has fulfilled all its commitments, the full implementation of the February 13 agreement depends on how the other five participating countries of the six-party talks honor their commitments on the principle of "action for action" and on what practical measures the U.S. and Japan, in particular, will take to roll back their hostile policies toward the DPRK.
    A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry declared this in an answer given to the question put by KCNA Sunday as regards the DPRK's suspension of the operation of its nuclear facilities in Nyongbyon.
    He said:
    The DPRK suspended the operation of the above-said nuclear facilities on July 14, the day the first shipment of 50,000 tons of heavy oil arrived and allowed members of the International Atomic Energy Agency to monitor the facilities according to the agreement.
    Taking into consideration the fact that the DPRK was supposed to suspend the operation of its nuclear facilities from the time 50,000 tons of heavy oil has been provided according to the February 13 agreement, this means the DPRK's earlier fulfillment of its promise than scheduled and a manifestation of its good faith towards the agreement.
    The provision of substitute energy including heavy oil is by no means "aid" in the form of charity but compensation for the DPRK's suspension of its nuclear facilities and the activities of the IAEA in Nyongbyon are not "inspection" but limited to verification and monitoring.