[imText1]The six party talks in Beijing ended with the Feb 13 Agreement clearly stating that North Korea would disable its nukes. However, North Korea’s resistance seems to have won over the talks with a second amendment to the agreement which obliterated this measure, reported Kyodo News on the 26th.
A source informed the news agency that the aim of the six party talks which was to “denuclearize the Korean Peninsula” by blocking further materials of plutonium from entering the country. But this “aim” has now been replaced with the nonproliferation of nukes.
The idea that the six party talks were drifting towards the “Nonproliferation of nuclear weapons” has been an opinion of the Japanese government for some time now; the news agency reported that the recent agreement had further elucidated the actions of the U.S.
According to the source, the agreement originated from the first draft proposed by China on the 11th, four days into the talks with the five nations excluding North Korea.
Further, Kyodo news reported that the final proposal which agreed to suspend operations at Yongbyun and begin the processes of dismantling North Korea’s nuclear armaments had also been clearly stated in the initial drafts.
Prior to this occasion, another report had been made accusing the U.S. for consenting to North Korea’s opposition and hence removing terminology from the agreement in relation to the surrender of nuclear development and highly enriched uranium.
By strongly asserting the abolition of nuclear armaments and outlining the mishaps to the agreement by consent of the U.S., this Japanese news agency gives us an indication of the delicate disparity that encircles the alliance between the U.S and Japan in relation to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
