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Consensus reached on disabling nuke facilities

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-09-15 15:37

Pyongyang - The three-nation team of international nuclear experts
currently in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reached a
consensus with the country's government on Friday on disablement of the
Yongbyong nuclear facilities.

Chinese expert Chu Xuming on Tuesday arrived in Pyongyang for discussions
on how to disable the nuclear facilities in the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK). [Xinhua]?

Chinese expert Chu Xuming told Xinhua that the team of international
nuclear experts made a detailed plan on disabling the Yongbyong nuclear
facilities after they returned to Pyongyang Thursday following an
inspection trip to Yongbyong.

The plan will be presented to the next round of the six-party talks in
Beijing, Chu added.

The team, led by a US State Department official, groups seven experts
from the United States, one from China and one from Russia.

The team of experts held a whole day of in-depth discussions with their
DPRK counterparts on the measures required to disable the nuclear
facilities on Friday after they concluded a two-day visit to Yongbyong.

The experts visited the country at Pyongyang's invitation, which was
described as a "significant step toward the denuclearization of the
Korean Peninsula" by US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill
last week.

The team is scheduled to leave Pyongyang on Saturday.

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