U.S. Shows N. Korea Evidence of Alleged Uranium Program
U.S. negotiators at six-nation talks in Beijing have presented North Korea with data that America says is evidence of a covert uranium weapons program, but Pyongyang continued to deny such a program exists, U.S. officials said Friday.
“We have a lot of facts and they have given the North Koreans some of them,” one official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
The evidence, handed over in bilateral meetings during the multilateral talks, relate to the alleged program to produce highly enriched uranium, which has been an issue since Washington said it uncovered the program in 2002.
Pyongyang acknowledges producing plutonium for weapons. The U.S. says the regime initially acknowledged a uranium program as well, then denied it.
The issue is crucial because the U.S. wants Pyongyang to dismantle all its nuclear activities.
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