Lecture on the "II. Shanghai Workshop on Global Governance", 22.06.2004 about "Tasks for Regional and Interregional Conflict Prevention regarding North Korea and Afghanistan"
Discussion paper on North Korea: The Six-Party Talks (with North Korea, the USA, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea) can be rated as a step forward for American diplomacy, which has sought to involve all the affected countries in the region. It is a hopeful sign that North Korea has now abandoned its unrealistic position of direct bilateral talks with the United States and accepted the Six-Party Talks as a multilateral negotiating framework. It remains unclear whether North Korea already has atomic warheads; there is no doubt that it is in possession of weapons-grade plutonium. In return for giving up their nuclear programme, the North Koreans in their strategy are demanding security guarantees, economic and financial assistance, as well as the signing of a non-aggression pact and diplomatic recognition by the USA. (...)
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Speech on the "II. Shanghai Workshop on Global Governance", 22.06.2004 about North Korea and Afghanistan