North Korea agrees to stop nuclear tests

The agreement came despite initial US doubts that North Korea would take major decisions after the death in December of veteran leader Kim Jong-il, which put control of the authoritarian state in the hands of untested young son Kim Jong-un.

North Korea kicked out IAEA inspectors in 2009 when it accused the Obama administration of hostility and renounced a previous six-nation agreement to halt its nuclear programme.

Nuland in her statement said that the United States “reaffirms that it does not have hostile intent toward the DPRK and is prepared to take steps to improve our bilateral relationship in the spirit of mutual respect for sovereignty and equality.”

Nuland also called for greater people-to-people exchanges with North Korea, known officially as the DPRK or Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Source: AFP

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