15 December 2002 00:00
ALEXANDER YAKOVENKO, THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN OF RUSSIA'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ANSWERS A QUESTION FROM RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN MEDIA REGARDING THE DPRK'S DECISION TO UNFREEZE ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM
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Question: Could you comment on the statement of a DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman that his country has decided to "unfreeze its nuclear program"?
Answer: Moscow has received with deep concern the statement by the DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman about the country's decision to "unfreeze its nuclear program" following the termination of supplies of compensatory heavy oil to Pyongyang that had been made under the 1994 Agreed Framework between the DPRK and the United States.
The position of Russia is well known. We are for the strict observance of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, implementation of the IAEA safeguards agreements, and the denuclearized status of the Korean Peninsula. Russia is calling upon the parties concerned to solve the existing problems through dialogue on the basis of the earlier reached accords, including the 1994 Agreed Framework, which will undoubtedly serve to normalize the situation in the region.
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