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Nations in six-party talks welcome DPRK cooling tower demolition

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Source: CCTV.com | 06-28-2008 09:01

Some nations involved in the six-party talks have welcomed the DPRK's demolition of the cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear complex. But some warn there is still more to be done.

The United States said the DPRK has taken "a good step" by blowing up the cooling tower, but implied the DPRK shouldn't rest on its laurels.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is seen before the working session of the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting at the guesthouse in Kyoto western Japan Friday June 27, 2008. North Korea's long-awaited declaration of its nuclear capabilities took center stage at a meeting of wealthy nations' foreign ministers Friday, with concerns growing over how to verify that it is actually moving to abandon its nuclear stockpile. Rice told reporters the declaration was a good first step in getting the North to abandon nuclear weapons, but said the process must be completed before Washington considers moving beyond a preliminary easing of some sanctions.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is 
seen before the working session of the G8 
Foreign Ministers Meeting at the guesthouse 
in Kyoto western Japan Friday June 27, 2008.
The United States said the DPRK has taken
"a good step" by blowing up the cooling tower,
but implied the DPRK shouldn't rest on its
laurels.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, said, "That will not be the end of the story. We also must deal with proliferation, we must deal with highly enriched uranium, we must verifiably end all of North Korea's programme."