Six-Party Talks and Implementation Activities
Assistant Secretary Hill's statement before the Senate Committee on Armed Services on the status of our efforts to achieve the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through the Six-Party process as well as our broader vision – as outlined in the September 2005 Joint Statement – of a region where the benefits of human rights protections and economic development.
North Korea Nuclear Talks
Assistant Secretary Hill (July 8): "I think it's an important week because we really are shifting back toward the six party format. For weeks, indeed for months, we've had many bilateral meetings, and I think now we're getting back to the six parties, and I think the main objective, as the Chinese stated, would be to work out the verification regime to complete phase two, and we're also hopeful that maybe we can have a discussion about phase three and see if we can get on with completing the task." Full Text |