US to send fuel aid to NKorea despite nuclear list delay
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The United States said Wednesday it planned to send a second shipment of fuel oil to North Korea even though it has not provided a full declaration of its nuclear programs under an aid-for-disarmament deal.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing North Korea to forsake its nuclear weapons program could move ahead in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday, welcoming Pyongyang's invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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The United States will not accept North Korean demands as &quot;conditions&quot; for the resumption of stalled talks on resolving the Korean nuclear deadlock but Pyongyang is free to raise them if it returns to the table, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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A visit by the U.N. atomic watchdog to Pyongyang set for next week is on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, casting uncertainty over disarmament moves even as the top U.S. nuclear envoy made a surprise trip to the North.
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The United States and its negotiating partners are ready to resume talks with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program but North Korea has not agreed, a State Department spokesman said Thursday.
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US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill could still travel to North Korea for a bilateral meeting if Pyongyang agrees to restart stalled talks on nuclear disarmament, the US ambassador in Seoul said.
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A shipment of oil that North Korea has said it is awaiting before it begins to shut its nuclear reactor as part of a disarmament deal set sail from the South on Thursday, a port official said.
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The United States does not oppose  releasing some of the 50,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil due  to North Korea under a nuclear disarmament deal before its  Yongbyon reactor shuts down, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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The lead U.S. negotiator with North  Korea said on Friday he expected to attend six-party talks on  ending Pyongyang&#39;s atomic programs next week despite reports  Syria might have received North Korean nuclear aid.
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In a last-minute nudge to North Korea, the U.S. State Department said Sunday it was "unfortunate" that Pyongyang had not supplied a complete declaration of its nuclear programs before a Monday deadline but signaled it would continue disarmament talks with its allies.
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North Korea has responded to a personal letter from President Bush, saying Pyongyang will meet its obligations under a disarmament-for-aid deal and expects the U.S. to do the same, White House officials said Friday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has blamed North Korea for the delay in holding new six-nation talks on its nuclear programme. He said Beijing and Washington had agreed on the need to hold another round of talks as soon as possible.
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North Korea said Monday that it will not resume talks on its nuclear weapons program until the Bush administration ends its "hostile policy" against Pyongyang and South Korea publishes complete details of its secret efforts to produce nuclear-weapons-grade fuel.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday there was still time to resolve a nuclear crisis with North Korea through six-party talks despite Pyongyang&#39;s refusal to resume the negotiations.
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The transfer of North Korean funds in a Macau bank, whose delay has stalled a nuclear disarmament deal, should be completed this week, Yonhap news agency on Wednesday quoted a senior South Korean official as saying.
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The United States and North Korea signed a memorandum during talks last month by which Pyongyang would begin closing a nuclear reactor while the U.S. starts providing energy assistance, a major Japanese newspaper reported Thursday.
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South Korea sent a second shipment of heavy fuel oil to the North on Monday under a nuclear disarmament deal after Pyongyang appeared to have halted its nuclear reactor and source of arms-grade plutonium.