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 BEIJING (AP) - International nuclear negotiators inched closer Monday toward setting a timetable for North Korea's disarmament after the biggest obstacle hindering discussions was removed — $25 million in frozen North Korean funds.
Envoys from the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China met to review progress made by five working groups established under a hard-won Feb. 13 agreement.
The deal gives the North 60 days to shut down both its main reactor and a plutonium processing plant, and allow U.N. monitors to verify the closures. In return, the regime is to receive energy and economic assistance and a start toward normalizing relations with the U.S. and Japan.
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