North Korea Agrees With Monitors on Verification
June 30, 2007
PYONGYANG, North Korea
North Korea moved a step closer to fulfilling a promise to shutter its main nuclear reactor after agreeing with international monitors Friday on how to verify a shutdown.
International Atomic Energy Agency Deputy Director Olli Heinonen announced the tentative deal after wrapping up a visit this week to the North, which included the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s first trip to the Yongbyon reactor since inspectors were expelled from the country in 2002.
Heinonen did not give details of the agreement.
North Korean state media had no immediate comment.
The Associated Press
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