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미 국무부 일일 브리핑[31일] - 힐러리 북핵인정, 김정일 방중등 언급

QUESTION: Can I ask a North Korea?

MR. TONER: Sorry?

QUESTION: North Korea?

MR. TONER: North Korea?

QUESTION: Yeah.

MR. TONER: Sure. Go ahead.

QUESTION: Secretary Clinton said yesterday at the joint press briefing with G-8 foreign ministers that North Korea already has nuclear weapons. So isn’t new U.S. Government position to acknowledge North Korea’s possession of nuclear weapons?

MR. TONER: On North Korea, I would just say that we remain steadfastly committed to getting the Six-Party Talks going again. North Korea knows what it has to do and we’re trying to get them back to the negotiating table.

QUESTION: Yeah, but how about the fact that they already have nuclear weapons? That’s what she mentioned yesterday.

MR. TONER: We’re still – our goal remains the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. That’s what we’re trying to achieve through the Six-Party process. So we just urge North Korea to get back to the negotiating table

QUESTION: Yeah, is there any update on the possible U.S.-North Korea bilateral meeting? Is there any update on the –

MR. TONER: A possible U.S.-North Korea bilateral?

QUESTION: Yeah, bilateral meeting.

MR. TONER: I’ve got nothing for you.

QUESTION: And one more thing on North Korea. Today, South Korea Government official mentioned that North Korea leader Kim Jong-il will soon visit Beijing. So do you also sense that Kim Jong-il will visit China soon or do you have any notice from Chinese Government about –

MR. TONER: I, frankly, don’t have any updates on that. I’ve just seen the press reports that you also cite. Again, we hope it’s an occasion, if he does in fact go there, that the Chinese can talk to him about the Six-Party – the concerns that we have about their nuclear program and to urge that they return to talks.

전체 일일브리핑 보기 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2010/03/139318.htm