US says North Korea at 'crossroads' as nuclear talks head for conclusion
AFP, August, 2005
BEIJING, (AFP) — North Korea is at the crossroads of a brighter future, if it chooses to abandon nuclear weapons, US envoy Christopher Hill said as talks on Pyongyang's nuclear drive moved into a ninth day with an end in sight.
Six nations in the disarmament talks were due to meet again to fine tune a statement on keeping the Korean peninsula nuclear free, with the onus falling on North Korea to commit to dismantling its nuclear program.
"I think it is a very important text. It is a text that is really designed to narrow the differences, maybe even get to the point where we can really agree on something," Hill said as he left his hotel for the talks.
"We'll see, it's a pretty important day."
China has drawn up a fourth draft of the document which was sent overnight to the governments of the ...