US strikes North Korea from terror blacklist
Washington, Oct 12 : The United States has struck North Korea from a terror blacklist
after saying that Pyongyang agreed to steps to verify its nuclear disarmament and pledged
to resume disabling its atomic plants.
The deal announced by the State Department on Saturday aimed at reviving the historic
six-party disarmament negotiations threatened with collapse just months before US
President George W. Bush leaves office on January 20.
Angered at the US refusal to remove it from the blacklist, North Korea in the last few
weeks moved toward restarting its nuclear reactor and other operations at Yongbyon, The
News reported.
But Sung Kim, the head of the State Department's Korea office, told a press briefing
here that the "North Koreans have committed that the disablement activities in Yongbyon
will resume immediately" now that it has been delisted.
He expected a statement shortly from Pyongyang.
--ANI
