By Xinhua,
Pyongyang : The negotiations between nuclear experts of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States were successful, a spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
The U.S. delegation headed by Sung Kim, head of the Office of Korean Affairs under the State Department, paid a two-day visit to Pyongyang on Tuesday and Wednesday.
They discussed the details on the disablement of the DPRK nuclear facilities with the DPRK officials, the official news agency KCNA quoted the spokesman as saying.
The political and economic compensation for the disablement was also discussed, he added.
Under a 2005 multilateral agreement, the DPRK promised to abandon all its nuclear programs in exchange for diplomatic and economic benefits.
Under a subsequent accord, the DPRK agreed to produce a “complete and correct” declaration of all its nuclear programs and to disable its nuclear facilities as a prelude to their eventual dismantlement.
In exchange, the DPRK will receive heavy fuel oil and other economic assistance.