US says DPRK sticks to nuclear disablement promise

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Source: CCTV.com | 10-18-2008 09:28

The US says the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has stuck to its promise and reversed steps to restart its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.

Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Sean  McCormack speaks at a news conference on Saturday, Oct. 11,  2008, in Washington. North Korea has agreed to all U.S.  nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration  responded by removing the communist country from a  terrorism blacklist.(AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

US State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack, says all the seals at the facility are back, and surveillance equipment has been reinstalled. The DPRK has allowed UN monitors to return. McCormack says 60 percent of the fuel rods have been removed from the reactor, but insists Pyongyang has more to do in the fuel reprocessing facility.

The US took the DPRK off its list of state sponsors of terrorism last weekend after the two countries agreed on a series of measures to verify Pyonyang's nuclear program. McCormack expects the six-party nuclear talks will resume in Beijing soon.

Editor:Du Xiaodan