NKorea invites UN atomic inspectors to discuss shutdown

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SEOUL (AFP) — North Korea Saturday invited UN atomic inspectors to discuss the shutdown of its reactor, saying a banking dispute with the United States which had blocked a nuclear disarmament pact is almost over.

The country's atomic energy chief, Ri Je Son, wrote to the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, about procedures for verifying the shutdown, the state Korean Central News Agency reported.

"He in the letter noted that a working-level delegation of the IAEA has been invited to visit the DPRK (North Korea) as it is confirmed that the process of de-freezing the funds of the DPRK at the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) in Macau has reached its final phase," the agency said.

Ri, director general of the General Department of...