From: "Juche 86" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Juche] Korea Times: KEDO, NK To Begin Talks For Delivery Of Core Parts KEDO, NK to Begin Talks for Delivery of Core Parts The international consortium for the construction of light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea will be able to begin negotiations with the North by the end of the year on the handover of core parts for the reactors as the United States recently softened its suspicion of the North's willingness to implement nuclear safeguards, a diplomatic source said yesterday. ``The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) will be able to finalize its draft agreement with North Korea as the United States is supposed to present its own version soon,'' the source said, noting that two other KEDO executive board members, South Korea and Japan, have already submitted their versions. ``It appears that the United States has recently eased its suspicion of North Korea,'' he said. ``The United States has shown a lukewarm attitude toward writing a protocol to fix the timing for completion of the reactors for North Korea, alleging that the North has yet to show its willingness to abide by nuclear safeguards.'' Under the 1994 Geneva nuclear agreement between North Korea and the U.S., KEDO and the North are expected to sign a protocol for the delivery of key parts for the completion of the reactors. Korea Electric Power Corp., the main contractor for the North Korean nuclear reactor project, signed a contract in February 2000 for the completion of the two reactors by January 2008 and January 2009, respectively. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________