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US: Libya has set an example for DPRK to see
By Shen Wei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2004-02-17 08:58
The U.S. hasn't changed its stances on the nuclear issue
of Korean peninsula and suggested the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK) to follow the example of Libya, a senior U.S. official said in Beijing
Monday.
"Libya opened up its WMD program to inspection…on two
separated occasions for three weeks. The example that Libya has set is there
for North Korea to see," said US Under Secretary of State John R
Bolton during a press conference, contrasting Libya's recent easing of tensions
with Washington and the nuclear issue of Tripoli with that of Pyongyang.
Bolton is in Beijing for discussion with China on
non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) ahead the second round of
six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, which is scheduled to
start on February 25, 2004 in Beijing.
"You can certainly contrast Libya's behavior with the
continuing behavior of North Korea and Iran," Bolton said.
The U.S. has expressed increasing worries on the trade in
nuclear technologies after Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan and the
underground nuke technology trade network disclosed earlier this month. In a
speech to National Defense University on February 11, U.S. President Bush called
on the international community to cooperate more closely to prevent "the
terrorists and terrorist states" from obtaining weapons of mass destruction.
The U.S. is still looking for China's further
participation of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), proposed by President
Bush in his Feb. 11 speech, to detect and intercept such trade of nuclear
secrets. "We have cooperated with China in the past in additional efforts and we
will expect it in the future as well," said Bolton.
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