Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill
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I have just told the North Koreans ... (they) raised the idea (of) what can be done about putting the interim measure, a freeze measure. I told them I am not interested.
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It is very important to understand that all the North Korean nuclear energy programs, up to now, all of them have been related to weapons. Not a light bulb has been turned on as a result of the nuclear reactors in North Korea.
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I understand we have some North Korean visitors here today.
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The North Koreans have not yet decided to return to the (six-party) talks. I'm not sure there's much more I can talk to them about.
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North Korea needs to focus on what's on the table. We have to be a little firm and make it clear they they've go to come into the talks.
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One gets the impression there are some people back in Pyongyang who still have not dragged themselves over the line to be ready to give this up,
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The DPRK needs to understand we need to move swiftly on denuclearization,
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It has been very obvious to us that they are not so much interested in electricity,
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It gives no one any pleasure that the DPRK is literally one of the darkest countries in the world,
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I think it is a good deal for everybody, especially for the DPRK, which does have a long road to travel,
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In a very real sense, (North Korea) really does stand at a crossroads and they can look forward to a brighter future, a more secure future, a more prosperous future, ... But they really can't do it with nuclear weapons. They've really got to get off that.
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I think it is a good deal for everybody, especially for the DPRK,
further meetings
I don't have any further six-party meetings planned, to my knowledge.
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has some demands and the question is whether anybody accepts those demands.