「核 凍結とエネルギー支援、２カ月内に同時履行」
■６カ国協議合意の草案
【北京＝久保田るり子】北朝鮮の核問題に関する６カ国協議の議長国である中国が協議初日の８日夜、参加国に対して、北朝鮮が寧辺の実験用黒鉛減速炉などの５カ所の核関連施設の稼働停止・閉鎖を２カ月以内に行うと同時に、残る５カ国が同期間内に、エネルギーの提供などを開始するとの「同時履行」の原則を提示していたことが分かった。韓国の聯合ニュースが９日、北朝鮮の核廃棄に向けた「初期段階措置」に関する合意文書草案の内容として報じた。
同ニュースによると、草案はＡ４サイズ１枚で、核廃棄を原則合意した２００５年９月の共同声明の履行のための５つの作業部会の設置が明示されているという。
５つの作業部会は（１）非核化（核廃棄）（２）エネルギー、経済支援（３）北東アジア安保協力（４）米朝関係正常化（５）日朝関係正常化－という。草案の項目は９・１９共同声明と似ているといわれる。
また、同ニュースは外交筋の話として、８日の全体会合などで北朝鮮はマカオの銀行「バンコ・デルタ・アジア（ＢＤＡ）」の金融制裁解除問題や軽水炉支援要求には触れていないと伝えている。この報道について、韓国政府は「コメントしない」との立場だ。
一方、草案は北朝鮮の核関連施設凍結による具体的な見返りについて触れていないが、米ＭＳＮＢＣテレビ（電子版）は８日、米政府当局者の話として、北朝鮮は１億ドルの燃料支援のほか、米朝両国間の外交関係の樹立、国連制裁の解除を求めていると報じている。
「核凍結とエネルギー支援、２カ月内に同時履行」-世界からニュース:イザ！
「イランとの協力中止」北に要求 ベルリン協議で米政府
【北京＝有元隆志】６カ国協議の再開を前に１月にベルリンで行われた米朝協議で、米国が北朝鮮に対しイランと弾道ミサイルなどでの協力を中止するよう求めていたことが９日、分かった。複数の６カ国協議筋が明らかにした。
米政府内では北朝鮮がイランとの間で、中距離弾道ミサイルだけでなく、米本土まで到達可能な長距離弾道ミサイルの開発でも協力を進めているとの懸念が高まっており、北朝鮮に直接米政府の考えを伝えたものとみられる。
北朝鮮側の回答は不明だが、協議筋は「武器輸出は北朝鮮にとって貴重な外貨獲得源の一つ。簡単に中止することはないのではないか」と述べ、具体的な進展はなかったとみている。
ファロン中央軍司令官は１月３０日の上院軍事委員会公聴会で、北朝鮮とイランの長距離弾道ミサイルでの協力の可能性について、「（両国が）技術交流をしていることは疑いの余地がない」と断言した。メープルズ国防情報局（ＤＩＡ）局長も上院情報委員会に提出した書面で、「北朝鮮はミサイルや関連技術を売却しつづけている。国際的孤立で顧客は減ったものの、イランとシリアとの関係は強く、主な懸念事項だ」と指摘した。
(2007/02/10 01:10)
「イランとの協力中止」北に要求 ベルリン協議で米政府｜中東｜国際｜Sankei WEB
N. Korea Nuclear Envoys Struggle on Deal
By JAE-SOON CHANG 02.09.07, 10:05 AM ET
Envoys to international talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program struggled Friday to find a compromise as differences emerged over a Chinese proposal on how to begin the disarmament process.
Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's top negotiator said he felt there was no prospect of an agreement late Friday on the draft on how to implement a 2005 agreement that calls for Pyongyang to disarm in exchange for security guarantees and aid.
"There are some parts in which we had progress but on others we ran into difficulty," Sasae told reporters after daylong meetings with the other delegates.
"We will continue with the talks, but at this point in time I don't feel there is a prospect of reaching an agreement," he said without elaborating.
The chief American negotiator, however, expressed some hope but added that disputes remained over finer points.
"The fundamental issues, we're OK on," said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill. "I'm still cautiously optimistic."
Hill said that the remaining issues to be resolved were contained in a single paragraph of the Chinese draft and that they were working on rewriting it to address North Korea's concerns. He did not give any details.
Earlier Friday, Hill and his North Korean counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, met for two hours, with Kim saying the meeting led to agreement on some unspecified issues, although there were still issues to overcome. "We are going to make more efforts to resolve them," Kim said.
Group and bilateral talks on Friday centered on a draft agreement China distributed to the nuclear envoys from Japan, the two Koreas, Russia and the United States.
The proposal - presented after North Korea agreed in principle to take initial steps to disarm - would grant the communist nation unspecified energy aid for shutting down its main nuclear facilities within two months, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
Officials declined to confirm details of the draft.
A pro-Pyongyang newspaper in Japan said the North wants the U.S. first to show that it has permanently ceased its "hostile" policy toward Pyongyang.
"As conditions mature, (North Korea) can halt the operation of the Yongbyon nuclear facilities," the Choson Sinbo said, referring to the site of the North's main nuclear complex north of Pyongyang.
"The (North)'s position is that it can take corresponding measures when the U.S. takes steps to show that it irreversibly gave up its hostile policy," it said.
The report, carried on the paper's Web site, cited a "diplomatic source well versed in" the negotiations. The paper, with links to the government in Pyongyang, is considered one of the North's propaganda tools.
Any agreement on an initial set of reciprocal moves to implement a September 2005 accord - in which North Korea pledged to disarm in exchange for aid and security guarantees - would set the stage for the first tangible steps in the often-delayed six-nation process.
The 2005 deal, a broad statement of principles that did not outline any concrete steps for dismantling North Korea's nuclear program, was the only agreement since the negotiations began in 2003.
At the last session of the arms negotiations in December, following North Korea's Oct. 9 underground nuclear test, the North refused to even talk about its nuclear programs. Instead, it demanded the U.S. lift financial restrictions targeting alleged North Korean counterfeiting and money laundering.
Associated Press reporters Hiroko Tabuchi and Burt Herman contributed to this report.
N. Korea Nuclear Envoys Struggle on Deal - Forbes.com