2. KOREAS: ACCORD ON DENUCLEARISATION
NORTH AND SOVTH KOREA AGREED TOOAYISTORIC DECLARATIONA NUCLEAR-FREE PENINSULA, WITH P'YONGYANGTOIHHTABL8 TO ADOPT IAEA SAFEGUARDS,
THE TWO SIDES. IN THE THIRD ROUND OF TALKS ATTO NOT PRODUCE, POSSESS, OR DEPLOY ANY NUCLEAR WEAPONSNUCLEAR REPROCESSING OR ENRICHMENT FACILITIES, TS. THE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS TO BE FORMALLY ADOPTEDSIXTH ROUND OF PR 1MB-MINISTERIAL TALKS OKLSOOINT COMMISSION TO
outside the formal agreement, the north promised toimetable to sign and ratify an iaea safeguards agreement. the south, meanwhile, separately said it mould suspend the annual us* south korean mtmtary exercise team spirit scheduled for this
spring.
CCOMENT: THE DECLARATION SUSTAINS MOMENTUM TOWARD IMPROVED PEI.ATTONS GENERATED BY THE RBCONCILIATICW AND NONAGGR KS SI ON PACT INITIALEDECEMBER AND REMOVES THE MOST IMMEDIATE oHE ACCORD. P'YONGYANG, WHICH HAS LONG REFUSED TC SIGN
AN IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT, PROBABLY HOPES the NUCLEAR DECLARATION
WILL DEFUSE IINTERNATIONAL CRITICISM OF its NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, THE NORTH MAY HOPE ITS PROMISE TO GIVE up NUCLEAR
REPROCESSING WILL LEAD TO PROGRESS IN NORMALIZATION TALKS WIIH JAPAN
NEXT MONTH.
FOR THR IR S1 ART, SOUTH KOREAN LEADERS AI-MOST CERTAINLY HOPS"
TODAY'S ACCORD KILL DSi/USE CRITICISM THAT THEY HAVE BEENRECONCILIATION ACCORD FOR DOMESTIC POLITICAL GAINPROGRESS ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE. IN ADDITION, PRESIDENTHOPES TODAY'S AGREEMENT WILL PAVE THE MAY FOR A
THE PROSPECTIVE IKPACT OF THE DECLARATION ON PYONGYANG'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS UNCERTAIN. P'YONGYANG PROBABLY WILL TRY TO PROTECT ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM BY CONCEALING AND RELOCATING CRITICAL FACILITIES AND OTHERWISE IMPEDING EFFECTIVE INSPECTIONS.
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