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North Korea to give up nukes
| quote: | North Korea agrees to give up nuclear programs
CTV.ca News Staff
North Korea has agreed to give up all its nuclear programs and rejoin the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as soon as possible, in a stunning development at the six-party international talks.
In return, the secretive communist country will get oil and power aid and security guarantees.
The North "promised to drop all nuclear weapons and current nuclear programs ... as soon as possible and to accept inspections" by the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to the unanimous agreement by the six countries at the talks being held in Beijing.
"All six parties emphasized that to realize the inspectable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the target of the six-party talks,'' the statement said.
The United States and North Korea pledged to respect each other's sovereignty and right to peaceful coexistence.
A door was left open to North Korea resuming a civilian nuclear program at some future point if it regains international trust.
"This is the most important result since the six-party talks started more than two years ago,'' said Wu Dawei, China's vice foreign minister.
The talks have been going on for just over two years. They include China, Russia, Japan, the United States and North and South Korea.
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