US calls for North Korea to close reactor

[Judi Lynn]

US calls for North Korea to close reactor

November 10, 2005, 07:39 gmt


A North Korean soldier walks past at the north side of the border village of Panmunjom
© AFP Jung Yeon-Je
BEIJING (AFP) - The United States has called for North Korea to act immediately in dismantling its nuclear weapons program, after the Stalinist regime put forward another go-slow approach at six-party talks in Beijing.

US chief delegate Christopher Hill called on North Korea to close its nuclear reactor, which could produce weapons-grade plutonium, straight away and give an upfront commitment that it will disarm.

"I think that the time to stop reprocessing, the time to stop the reactor, is now," Hill told reporters before heading into the second day of the talks.
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