SKorean, US officials to meet on NKorea nuke accord

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2007

SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea's deputy foreign minister headed to Washington for talks with US officials on ways to follow up on last week's deal on scrapping North Korea's nuclear program, his ministry said.

Shim Yoon-Joe was to hold talks with US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns during his visit from Tuesday to Saturday, the ministry said.

He would also meet other officials including John C. Rood, assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, and Jack D. Crouch II, deputy national security advisor.

At six-nation talks in Beijing last week, North Korea agreed to start disabling its nuclear facilities in exchange for badly-needed energy aid.

As a first step it will shut down and seal its Yongbyon reactor within 60...