In Track 2 discussions with the Chinese, when North Korea is discussed, the 2003-2009 Six-Party Talks are cited by the Chinese participants as a model for resolving the nuclear issue with North Korea.
In Track 2 discussions with the Chinese, when North Korea is discussed, the 2003-2009 Six-Party Talks are cited by the Chinese participants as a model for resolving the nuclear issue with North Korea.
After two years of working group meetings and plenary sessions, on Sept.
When North Korea eventually had access to the $25 million that the bank initially froze, in February 2007, North Korea agreed to shut down and seal, for eventual abandonment, the Yongbyon nuclear complex. In July 2007, International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors arrived and confirmed the shutdown of the five nuclear sites in Yongbyon, applying seals and other surveillance and monitoring equipment.
That was the end of the Six-Party Talks, after six years of negotiations and some progress, with a comprehensive Joint Statement committing North Korea to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs and progress with the dismantling of the Yongbyon nuclear complex, including the public destruction of its 60-foot cooling tower.
At an Aug. 9 Central Military Commission meeting, Chairman Kim Jong Un announced the removal of Gen. Pak Su il, the chief of general staff of the Korean People’s Army, after seven months in the job. He was replaced by Gen. Ri Yong Gil, the former chief of general staff. This would be an appropriate time for China to seek U.S. support to reconstitute the Six-Party Talks. China did this in 2003, at the request of the U.S., and it can do this in 2023, taking the initiative to ensure that intentional or accidental war doesn’t erupt on the Korean Peninsula.
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