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米、北朝鮮と対話方針を表明
日米韓3国の局長クラスが北朝鮮問題を協議する政策調整会合は7日、米国が北朝鮮と対話の用意があることを示した共同声明を発表し、閉会した。
U.S. offers talks to North Korea after calls from regional allies
The United States said Jan. 7 it was willing to talk to North Korea about its nuclear intentions, easing tension a notch following calls from the region for dialogue.
The U.S. administration, which had previously insisted North Korea roll back recent steps to revive its nuclear weapons plans before any talks, announced its shift in policy after holding talks in Washington with South Korea and Japan.
But it insisted that it would not allow North Korea's nuclear program to become a bargaining chip. Pyongyang has threatened war if the United States imposes sanctions.
"The United States is willing to talk to North Korea about how it will meet its obligations to the international community," the three countries said in a joint statement.
"However, the U.S. delegation stressed that the United States will not provide quid pro quos to North Korea to live up to its existing obligations."
The policy was announced after the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group meeting in which Japan was represented by Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, South Korea by Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Tae Shik and the United States by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly.
The three countries urged North Korea to eliminate its nuclear weapons program. "The three delegations expressed serious concern over the recent steps taken by North Korea to lift its nuclear freeze and called upon North Korea to undo these measures and not take any precipitous action," the statement said.
The statement also expressed support for a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency, which calls on North Korea to refreeze its nuclear project and readmit IAEA inspectors.
Shukan ST: Jan. 17, 2003
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- allies
- 同盟国
- easing tension a notch
- 緊張を少し和らげる
- dialogue
- 対話
- roll back
- 後退させる
- bargaining chip
- 有利な交渉材料
- imposes sanctions
- 制裁を加える
- obligations
- 義務
- delegation
- 代表団
- quid pro quos
- 代償
- Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group meeting
- 3国間政策調整会合
- Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau
- 外務省アジア大洋州局
- Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Tae Shik
- 外交通商省の李泰植次官補
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly
- ジェームズ・ケリー国務次官補
- lift its nuclear freeze
- 核凍結を解除する
- undo these measures
- 核凍結解除の措置を撤回する
- precipitous
- 不用意な
- resolution
- 決議
- watchdog
- 監視役
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- 国際原子力機関