Tracking Number: 205485
Title: "US Support for South Korean Policy."
A State Department statement welcoming and supporting South Korean President Roh Tae Woo's declaration of his nation's policy regarding nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. (911118)
Date: 19911118
Text:
US DEPARTMENT OF STATE DISPATCH
PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
VOLUME 2, NUMBER 46, NOVEMBER 18, 1991
US Support for South Korean Policy
Statement by Department Deputy Spokesman Richard Boucher, Washington, DC, November 8, 1991.
We strongly welcome and support Republic of Korea President Roh Tae Woo's declaration of his government's policy regarding nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. We believe it is a comprehensive and bold initiative which makes a significant contribution to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. President Roh's announcement reiterates the Republic of Korea's policy to use nuclear energy only for peaceful purposes and to continue placing all of South Korea's nuclear facilities and materials under full-scope international inspections by the IAEA, in compliance with its Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) safeguards obligation. President Roh's declaration that the Republic of Korea will not possess nuclear fuel reprocessing and enrichment facilities is an especially welcome and important decision. President Roh has ruled out acquisition of chemical and biological weapons by the Republic of Korea and pledged to actively participate in international efforts to eliminate those weapons. We hope that North Korea will respond positively to this initiative by taking corresponding measures in all these areas, especially not to possess nuclear fuel reprocessing and enrichment facilities, and that North Korea will quickly fulfill its unconditional international obligation under the NPT to bring its nuclear program under IAEA safeguards. North Korea's quest for a nuclear weapons capability is the most significant threat to the security and stability of the Northeast Asia region. We reiterate our call for North Korea to halt this quest. (###)
Product Name: Dispatch, Vol 2 No 46 Nov 18 1991
Product Code: DP
Keywords: KOREA (SOUTH)-US RELATIONS; KOREA (SOUTH)/Politics & Government; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL
WARFARE; KOREA (NORTH)-KOREA (SOUTH) RELATIONS; NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT); INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; KOREA
Document Type: TXT
Thematic Codes: 140; 1AC
PDQ Text Link: 205485
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