From Joongang Daily:
H/T: Terry
China drags feet on reining in the North’s nukes
‘中 3월 안보리 의장국’…北UEP 변수
January 31, 2011
Despite pressure from the U.S. and South Korea, China is refusing to help rein in North Korea’s nuclear program.
As North Korea’s biggest ally, China has been urged repeatedly over the last few months to restrain its neighbor after the shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island last November. North Korea also showed a visiting American scientist a uranium enrichment facility in Yongbyon that month, provoking alarm among the U.S. and its allies over North Korea’s expanding nuclear program.
“China expressed concern over North Korea’s uranium enrichment during summit talks with the U.S. in Washington, but it isn’t showing any interest in taking this issue to the U.N. Security Council,” said a South Korean government official yesterday. “If China absolutely refuses to take this issue up with the U.N. Security Council then it should at least take other actions, such as stopping North Korea’s nuclear activities.”
Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed concern about North Korea’s uranium enrichment program in a joint statement with U.S. President Obama during a visit to Washington Jan. 20. However, Hu did not directly address North Korea’s recent attacks on South Korea.
”Measures should be taken by the international society regarding North Korea’s uranium enrichment program, including taking it to the U.N. Security Council,” a U.S. government source told the JoongAng Ilbo yesterday.
James Steinberg, U.S. deputy secretary of state, was expected to have conveyed these opinions to China Friday during a visit to Beijing. Steinberg was reported to have met with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo on his visit, which wraps up a tour to South Korea, Japan and China.
Steinberg said Jan. 26 it was imperative for the international community to send a message to North Korea that its uranium program is against U.N. Security Council Resolutions and the September 19, 2005 agreement in which North Korea agreed to abandon its nuclear weapons programs.
By Christine Kim [christine.kim@joongang.co.kr]
Source: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2931689
H/T: Terry
China drags feet on reining in the North’s nukes
‘中 3월 안보리 의장국’…北UEP 변수
January 31, 2011
Despite pressure from the U.S. and South Korea, China is refusing to help rein in North Korea’s nuclear program.
As North Korea’s biggest ally, China has been urged repeatedly over the last few months to restrain its neighbor after the shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island last November. North Korea also showed a visiting American scientist a uranium enrichment facility in Yongbyon that month, provoking alarm among the U.S. and its allies over North Korea’s expanding nuclear program.
“China expressed concern over North Korea’s uranium enrichment during summit talks with the U.S. in Washington, but it isn’t showing any interest in taking this issue to the U.N. Security Council,” said a South Korean government official yesterday. “If China absolutely refuses to take this issue up with the U.N. Security Council then it should at least take other actions, such as stopping North Korea’s nuclear activities.”
Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed concern about North Korea’s uranium enrichment program in a joint statement with U.S. President Obama during a visit to Washington Jan. 20. However, Hu did not directly address North Korea’s recent attacks on South Korea.
”Measures should be taken by the international society regarding North Korea’s uranium enrichment program, including taking it to the U.N. Security Council,” a U.S. government source told the JoongAng Ilbo yesterday.
James Steinberg, U.S. deputy secretary of state, was expected to have conveyed these opinions to China Friday during a visit to Beijing. Steinberg was reported to have met with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo on his visit, which wraps up a tour to South Korea, Japan and China.
Steinberg said Jan. 26 it was imperative for the international community to send a message to North Korea that its uranium program is against U.N. Security Council Resolutions and the September 19, 2005 agreement in which North Korea agreed to abandon its nuclear weapons programs.
By Christine Kim [christine.kim@joongang.co.kr]
Source: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2931689
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