050312 「北朝鮮が国際義務を履行しても褒美はやらない!」 米代表が証言
先ほどご紹介したRademaker米国務次官補と同じ日に、同じ委員会で、DeTrani氏(6ヵ国協
議への米国代表)も証言を行い、「米国政府は北朝鮮問題を外交的手段で解決する方針だ、
北は米国が提示した平和的な方法での解決に協力すべきだ、ただし米国は、北が国際義務を
履行することに対して褒美を与えるつもりはない」とはっきり述べています。 同時に、
「中国が6ヵ国協議の議長国として、朝鮮半島の非核化のためにもっと影響力とテコを使う
べきである」とも述べ、Rademaker証言と同様、中国政府の対応に満足していないことを
示しております。ご参考まで。
--KK
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North Korea Could Improve Its
Security Without Nuclear Weapons
(U.S. envoy says
"door is open" to improve lives of North Koreans)
North Korea,
by renouncing its nuclear weapons program, could improve its
own security,
improve the lives of its people, and normalize relations
with the United
States and other countries of the world, says Joseph E.
DeTrani, the U.S.
special envoy for Six-Party Talks.
DeTrani discussed China's role in the
Six-Party Talks -- which also
include North and South Korea, Japan, Russia
and the United States --
during a daylong hearing held March 10 by the
U.S.-China Economic Security
Review Commission.
He emphasized the
Bush administration's determination to resolve the
nuclear issue through
diplomatic means. "While we are not prepared to
reward the DPRK [Democratic
People's Republic of Korea -- North Korea] for
coming back into compliance
with its international obligations, we have
laid out the path to a peaceful
resolution of the nuclear issue," he said.
China, DeTrani said, has
played a constructive role throughout the
Six-Party Talks by creating the
conditions for a constructive multilateral
discussion with North
Korea.
"We are at a critical juncture in the talks, and it is all the
more
imperative that China, as chairman of the talks, use its influence and
leverage to bring the DPRK back to the table and achieve our shared goal
of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula," he said.
The United States has
proposed multilateral security assurances to North
Korea, and other partners
have indicated a willingness to provide energy
assistance to North Korea if
it "permanently and verifiably" dismantles
its nuclear weapons and nuclear
programs, he said.
North Korea, however, after participating in three
rounds of talks since
2003, has not agreed to return to the
table.
Following is a transcript of DeTrani's remarks:
(begin
transcript)
Remarks by Joseph E. DeTrani
Special Envoy For Six-Party
Talks
U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission
March 10, 2005 (as
delivered)
Thank you for inviting me to speak on the Six-Party Talks
and China's
role as an intermediary in the process.
I'll
summarize where we are today in four points. First, it is the
clear,
consistent and firm policy of the President and the Secretary to
achieve
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through peaceful means,
through the
multilateral diplomacy of the Six-Party Talks. The DPRK's
nuclear programs
are a multilateral threat; we seek a multilateral
solution.
Second,
we have long believed North Korea has the capability to produce
nuclear
weapons. The DPRK's February 10 Foreign Ministry statement, that
North
Korea had "manufactured nuclear weapons," doesn't change our
perception of
North Korea's capability, but deepens our concern about the
potential to
transfer nuclear materials and technology and underscores the
North's
challenge to the global non-proliferation regime.
Third, China has
played a constructive role throughout the Six-Party
Talks and we are
appreciative of China's efforts to create the conditions
for a constructive
multilateral discussion with the DPRK.
We are at a critical juncture
in the Talks, and it is all the more
imperative that China, as Chairman of
the Talks, use its influence and
leverage to bring the DPRK back to the
table and achieve our shared goal
of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
Fourth, the DPRK now has an historic opportunity to join the
mainstream
of its very prosperous region, to transform positively its
relations with
the international community, and to benefit from that
transformation in
terms of enhanced trade, aid and investment
opportunities.
But North Korea must meet the concerns of the
international community,
and dismantle its nuclear programs, plutonium and
uranium, in a manner
that is complete, transparent and verifiable.
The Six-Party Talks, and China's Role
I'll speak in more detail now
about the Six-Party process and the role
China has played.
After
a round of trilateral discussions in April 2003 in Beijing, China
hosted the
first round of Six-Party Talks in August 2003. The other five
parties all
told North Korea very clearly in plenary session that they
would not accept
North Korea's possession of nuclear arms.
We held a second round of
Six-Party Talks in February 2004. The parties
agreed to regularize the
talks, and to establish a working group to set
issues up for resolution at
the plenary meetings.
At that second round of talks, the ROK offered
fuel aid to the DPRK,
contingent on a comprehensive and verifiable halt of
its nuclear programs
as a first step toward complete nuclear dismantlement.
Other non-U.S.
parties subsequently expressed a willingness to do so as
well. Two
sessions of the Working Group, running two-to-three days each,
were held
after the second round of talks.
At the third round of
talks, in June 2004, the United States tabled a
comprehensive proposal.
The ROK and DPRK also tabled proposals. The
United States met directly with
all of the parties over the course of the
talks, and held a
two-and-a-half-hour discussion with the DPRK
delegation.
Despite
the agreement of all six parties at that time to resume talks by
the end of
September 2004, the DPRK has not yet agreed to return to the
table to
discuss our or even its own proposal.
Under our June proposal, we and
the other parties would be prepared to
take corresponding measures as the
DPRK dismantled its nuclear programs
within the framework of the Talks.
Our proposal provides for multilateral security assurances, and
progress
towards a new relationship with North Korea if it commits to and
then
follows through on completely dismantling its nuclear weapons and
nuclear
programs, including its uranium enrichment program, permanently and
verifiably.
Other partners in the Six-Party process have
indicated a willingness to
provide energy assistance once North Korea
commits to dismantlement.
President Bush and Secretary Rice have made
clear we have no intention
of invading or attacking North Korea.
Diplomatic contacts among the six parties are continuing. You may have
seen
that Christopher Hill, U.S. Ambassador to Korea and Representative
for the
Six Party Talks, traveled to Beijing for talks with the Chinese
and
subsequently, on February 24, held talks in Seoul with China's Vice
Foreign
Minister Wu Dawei as well as South Korean and Japanese officials.
I've
spent most of today with PRC Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Affairs
Ning
Fukui.
The visit late last month to Pyongyang of Wang Jiarui,
Chairman of the
Chinese Communist Party International Department, and his
meeting with Kim
Chong Il, reflected the importance China places on moving
the process
forward. Regarding the press stories earlier this week
characterizing
China's position in the Six-Party Talks, the PRC Foreign
Ministry
dismissed them, saying the "contents of the reports did not
correspond
with facts."
We met with the North Koreans in New
York twice late last year, to
reiterate we remain ready to resume the talks
at an early date, without
preconditions, and to ask them to return to the
table. We expressed our
willingness to respond at the table to any
questions the DPRK might have,
and indicated we have questions for the DPRK
about its proposal. We
underscored that we are not prepared to negotiate
conditions for a return
to the table.
We have also discussed with
our North Korean counterparts the example of
Libya, detailing the benefits
Libya is now receiving for its transformed
behavior.
North
Korea's Opportunity
Against the backdrop of the Six-Party talks, the
DPRK appears to be
trying to undertake some measures in response to its
disastrous economic
situation. The door is open for the DPRK, by addressing
the concerns of
the international community, to vastly improve the lives of
its people,
enhance its own security, move toward normalizing its relations
with the
United States and others, and raise its stature in the world.
The United States, working with our allies and others, remains
committed
to resolving the nuclear issue through peaceful diplomatic means.
While
we are not prepared to reward the DPRK for coming back into compliance
with its international obligations, we have laid out the path to a
peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue.
What is needed now is a
strategic decision by Pyongyang to recognize
that its nuclear programs make
it less, not more, secure, and to decide to
eliminate them permanently,
thoroughly, and transparently, subject to
effective verification. We are
working together with the other parties to
bring the DPRK to understand that
it is in its own self-interest to make
that decision.
(end
transcript)
(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information
Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
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