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Finland sees nuke-free hope for N. Korea

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By Lee Jong-eun
  • Published Mar 5, 2012 9:20 pm KST
  • Updated Mar 5, 2012 9:20 pm KST

This is the seventh of a series of interviews with ambassadors from countries participating in the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit on March 26 and 27. ― ED.

By Philip Iglauer

Finland is “wishing and expecting” the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit to have some positive impact on North Korean denuclearization talks.

Finland’s top envoy in Korea said that while no one can say for sure what the impact will be on North Korea, “everyone is wishing and expecting it will have some positive impact.”

“That would be the optimistic approach, but the significance of holding the second nuclear security summit in Seoul is plain to see simply by looking at a map,” said Ambassador Pekka Wuoristo in an interview