The focus of the renewed round of the six-party talks, scheduled to begin Monday in Beijing, should be on the provision of economic aid to North Korea, Chosun Shinbo, a pro-North Korea newspaper published in Japan said Saturday.
“The focus of the negotiation is to clearly establish the blueprint of how to provide the delayed economic compensation (to North Korea) by the five countries,” it said.
The five countries refer to the other five participating countries of the multinational negotiation, including South Korea, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia.
A breakthrough was reached in early October when U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill visited Pyongyang. However, some people claim that a verification process should be made, including the sampling of the nuclear material in a written document, which was not part of the original agreement between North Korea and the U.S., the newspaper said, adding that it goes against the “action-for-action” principle.
“The nonsense demand by the forces that obstruct the denuclearization progress should be blocked,” it said.
Meanwhile, in the just completed bilateral talks between North Korea and the U.S., North Korean envoy Kim Kye-kwan told reporters that “compensation comparable to North Korea’s denuclearization process should be provided,” pointing out what North Korea perceives the delayed economic compensation by the other five participating countries of the nuclear talks.
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