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China-US split on North Korea resolved
(AP)
Updated: 2005-10-01 10:54
VIENNA, Austria - China and the United States appear to have patched up
differences at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency over the
importance of a light-water nuclear reactor promised North Korea in exchange for
pledging to scrap its nuclear arms, diplomats said Friday.
US Ambassador to the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) Gregory Schulte. [AFP] |
The two nations found compromise language on a resolution, meaning the text
will likely be presented later in the day to the 139-nation IAEA General
Conference, they told The Associated Press, papering over the reflection of a
split on how to deal with North Korea.
Any resolution has only symbolic value, because the meeting has no enforcing
powers.
But the dispute was significant, because it reflected the disagreement
between the two nations on how to proceed at a more important level — future
talks among North Korea, China, the United States and three other nations meant
to build on Pyongyang's commitment to mothball its nuclear weapons and return to
the nonproliferation fold.
Confirming differences and outlining Washington's concerns, U.S. State
Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Thursday the United State was insisting
that any resolution agreed on at in Vienna would "not in any way try to change
any understandings or what was agreed to at the six party talks."
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