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| N Korea agrees to nuclear checks | N Korea agrees to nuclear checks |
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| Negotiators from six-nation talks in China have agreed steps to verify North Korea's nuclear disarmament. | Negotiators from six-nation talks in China have agreed steps to verify North Korea's nuclear disarmament. |
| Officials from China, the US, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas, agreed Pyongyang would finish disabling its main nuclear facility by October. | Officials from China, the US, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas, agreed Pyongyang would finish disabling its main nuclear facility by October. |
| The other nations will complete deliveries of fuel and economic aid ahead of visits by verification teams. | The other nations will complete deliveries of fuel and economic aid ahead of visits by verification teams. |
| The deal comes after South Korea's leader proposed reviving direct talks with the North in a major policy shift. | The deal comes after South Korea's leader proposed reviving direct talks with the North in a major policy shift. |
| President Lee Myung-bak told parliament on Friday he was willing to carry out previous bilateral summit accords and provide the impoverished North with food aid. | President Lee Myung-bak told parliament on Friday he was willing to carry out previous bilateral summit accords and provide the impoverished North with food aid. |
| Last month, North Korea handed over a long-delayed list of its nuclear activities and demolished the cooling tower at its main plutonium-producing Yongbyon nuclear reactor, in a symbol of its commitment to talks on ending its nuclear programme. | |
| We don't see any obstacles Christopher HillUS envoy | |
| The reactor was shut a year ago as part of a six-party agreement reached 16 months ago, when the North said it would scrap its nuclear ambitions in return for aid and diplomatic concessions. | The reactor was shut a year ago as part of a six-party agreement reached 16 months ago, when the North said it would scrap its nuclear ambitions in return for aid and diplomatic concessions. |
| The declaration is not thought to have given details of alleged uranium enrichment, which the North denies producing. | |
| Announcing the latest agreement, the head of the Chinese delegation Wu Dawei said the verification process would include experts from the six nations visiting facilities, reviewing documents and interviewing technical personnel. | |
| He said the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, could also be asked to help if necessary. | |
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| The BBC's James Reynolds, in Beijing, says allowing outside monitors into the country is an important issue for the US. | |
| He says the Bush administration does not trust North Korea enough to take it as its word and will only be satisfied with proper independent verification. | He says the Bush administration does not trust North Korea enough to take it as its word and will only be satisfied with proper independent verification. |
| The precise details of the verification process are still to be decided. US envoy Christopher Hill said he hoped they would be finalised soon. | |
| "We'd like a protocol to be reached within 45 days and secondly to actually begin the verification within 45 days," he said. |