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Disarmament DocumentationBack to Disarmament Documentation 'Six-Party Talks might, after resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue, be used to discuss broader issues of peace and security in Northeast Asia', US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, May 3'Six-Party Format Could Be Used for Korea Peace Treaty', May 3, 2004. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE QUESTION TAKEN AT THE MAY 3, 2004 PRESS BRIEFING NORTH KOREA - KELLY REMARKS Question: Did Assistant Secretary Kelly offer a peace treaty to the North Koreans if they abandoned their nuclear program at the last round of Six Party Talks? Answer: In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee March 2, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly commented that the numerous and intensive security dialogues of Europe do not exist in Asia, and he further noted the possibility that the Six-Party Talks might, after resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue, be used to discuss broader issues of peace and security in Northeast Asia. It was in the framework of this possibility that, in February, at the second round of Six-Party talks in Beijing, Assistant Secretary Kelly expressed our hope that the resolution of the nuclear issue would lay the basis for even further progress toward lasting peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia. In that regard, he suggested that, after resolution of the nuclear issue, the six parties might be able to work together to seek to replace the armistice agreement on the Korean Peninsula with a permanent peace mechanism. Source: US State Department, http://usinfo.state.gov. © 2003 The Acronym Institute. |