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Skeletons of a chimpanzee, left, a modern human, center, and a Neanderthal are displayed during media preview at the new Hall of Human Origins of the American Museum of Natural History, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007 in New York. This is the most comprehensive evidence of human evolution ever assembled. (AP Photo)
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Hill says, “I intend to visit Pyongyang if necessary.”
The members of the six-party nuclear talks, two Koreas, the US, China, Japan and Russia, will meet again at the nuclear bargaining table next Thursday in Beijing.
Prior to leaving for Japan, Chief US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill expressed his expectation that the six nations are likely to make significant progress during the talks. He did not avoid replying that he intends to visit the North if it benefits the US.
In an interview with Korean reporters at a Korean restaurant in Insa-dong, Seoul, he told reporters that Washington is finding a way of providing alternative energy to Pyongyang instead of heavy fuel oil. He added that he has not yet been invited to visit Pyongyang.
The six parties failed to push the process forward last December, but diplomats say some progress could come in this session as the groundwork has been laid toward that end.
A package deal is on the table with speculation high over the specifics that have yet to be unveiled in the coming days.
Amid hopes that this upcoming session of the six-party talks will produce tangible results, it is true that there is also speculation that North Korea will agree to dismantle its nuclear facilities in exchange for fuel. However, Hill stressed that the US wants the North to implement the September 2005 Joint Agreement.
Hill said that the South expects too optimistic results from the upcoming talks, saying, “The US cannot accept partial success, but complete implementation of the September 2005 Joint Agreement.”
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