http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_korea_north_8
A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
North Korea's top nuclear envoy found themselves in Beijing on Tuesday. Pyongyang said it was willing to step up talks with China on the previously stalled disarmament-for-aid talks. This shift by North Korea happened a day after the North's leader, Kim Jong-il, pledged again to remove nuclear weapons from the peninsula. Analysts say it is unlikely he will ever completely get rid of nuclear arms, which are seen at home as the "crowning achievement" in his military-first rule. The North can win aid to prop up its broken economy at the six-way talks if it reduces the security threat it poses to North Asia, which is responsible for one-sixth of the global economy.
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North Korea is not only a threat to China, but also a threat to every other country in the world if it continues to house nuclear weapons. The fact that China is taking steps to try and talk about disarming North Korea is a step to keeping the entire international community safer and more secure. Although disarming N. Korea may never happen, China is still taking steps forward in order to achieve this goal.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting step in China's international policy. The U.S. of course would love to have North Korea disarmed and to have the support of China in the this endeavor would really boost the project. We shall se what comes of this latest development.
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