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NKorea agrees on energy aid for nuke shutdown
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Petroleumworld.com 10 30 07North Korea and its negotiating partners have reached agreement on energy aid to compensate the communist state for shutting down its nuclear facilities, an official said Tuesday.
The agreement in six-nation talks at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom clears the way for the North to start disabling its plutonium-producing plants, possibly as early as this week.
The North agreed Tuesday to accept half the aid it has been promised in the form of energy-related equipment and other items, said South Korea's chief negotiator Lim Sung-Nam.
"The agreement will still have to be approved by the heads of delegations meeting at the six-party talks, but it certainly means the denuclearisation process is moving on the right track," Lim told Yonhap news agency.
North Korea agreed in February to declare and disable its nuclear programmes in return for one million tons of heavy fuel or equivalent energy aid, and later set a year-end deadline for the disablement.
South Korean officials had earlier said the North wanted to receive about half the promised fuel aid in the form of alternative energy assistance, including help to patch up its decrepit power plants.
Story from AFP 30 0827 GMT 10 07
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