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N. Korean envoy: No progress at nuke talks
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-02 20:40
"We'll stay here as long as we feel we're making progress," Hill said late
Monday. "If we're not making progress, we're not going to stay."
Despite delegates' pessimistic tone, analysts cautioned it was too soon to
talk about deadlock.
"North Korea has a tendency to use brinkmanship in the last stage to get
maximum concessions," said Ko Yu-hwan, professor of North Korean studies at
South Korea's Dongguk University. "The pessimistic atmosphere or last-minute
struggle can, in a way, be seen as a sign that we are close to getting results
from the talks."
In February, the North claimed it had nuclear weapons and has since has
claimed it has taken steps that would allow it to harvest more plutonium for
possible use in bombs. Many experts believe the North already has enough
weapons-grade material for about a half-dozen atomic weapons.
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