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2008.12.03: December 3, 2008: Headlines: Figures: COS - Korea: COS - Cameroon: Diplomacy: Seattle Post Intelligencer: Christopher Hill in Singapore for talks with North Korea
Christopher Hill in Singapore for talks with North Korea
"We need to arrange for the protocol of verification, fuel delivery, and schedule of disablements," Hill told reporters. "We have to make sure the verification protocol is one that clarifies issues so there won't be any misunderstandings when we get to the actual verification." Christopher R. Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon.
Christopher Hill in Singapore for talks with North Korea
US envoy in Singapore for talks with North Korea
By ALEX KENNEDY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SINGAPORE -- Ironing out how to verify North Korea's promised nuclear disarmament will dominate talks Thursday between the United States and North Korea, the top U.S. envoy to international talks on the North's nuclear program said.
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill arrived in Singapore early Thursday to lay the ground work with North Korean officials for formal talks next week in Beijing on a disarmament-for-aid pact Pyongyang has agreed to.
Hill said his meetings later Thursday with North Korean officials will focus on establishing a clear protocol for verifying disarmament.
"We need to arrange for the protocol of verification, fuel delivery, and schedule of disablements," Hill told reporters. "We have to make sure the verification protocol is one that clarifies issues so there won't be any misunderstandings when we get to the actual verification."
"I'm not here to negotiate anything," Hill said. "We'll be doing that in Beijing on Monday."
Pyongyang agreed last year to disable its nuclear reactor under a disarmament-for-aid pact.
It recently denied having agreed to allow inspectors to take samples from its nuclear complex to verify past nuclear activities.
Hill said he plans to meet Russian and Chinese officials on Sunday in Beijing ahead of formal negotiations that begin Monday and also include Japan and South Korea.
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