South Korea To Resume Conditional Aid To North
March 02, 2007
March 2, 2007 -- South Korea says it plans to resume limited food aid to North Korea following four days of talks in Seoul.
South Korea says it will provide rice and fertilizer to the North, but the aid will be contingent on Pyongyang honoring last month's multinational agreement to shut down its main nuclear reactor within 60 days.
Meanwhile, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, speaking in Tokyo today, said North Korea will have to take substantial steps before Washington considers lifting sanctions and removing Pyongyang from its list of nations sponsoring terrorism.
(AP, AFP)