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US agrees to resolve financial issue in 30 days

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The six-party talks on Tuesday ended with a joint¹ document on the first step toward the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.

Beijing, Feb. 14 - The United States has agreed to resolve the issue of financial sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) within 30 days, said Christopher Hill, chief U.S. negotiator to the six-party talks, on Tuesday evening.

"We told the other parties in the talks that we will resolve the matter of the sanctions regarding the BDA (Banco Delta² Asia) within 30 days," Hill told reporters when he returned to his hotel from the six-party talks which ended Tuesday with a joint document.

"We have some ideas about how to proceed with that," he added.

The financial sanctions are one of the key factors that have stalled the six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.

Hill said he would leave Beijing tomorrow morning and would invite the head of the DPRK delegation³ to the six-party talks Kim Kye-Gwan to New York for bilateral⁴ meeting on normalization⁵ of relations.

Hill said he was pleased with the newly reached joint document,saying the document was "a very solid step forward" and "the first step on the implementation⁶ of the September statement because we are moving out the pages of the September statement onto the ground."

But he also said the parties obviously had a long way to go, adding that the agreement on initial actions was not the end of the whole denuclearization process, but the end of the beginning of the process.

Hill said the first undertaking⁷ was to shut down and seal the Yongbyon reactor⁸, close the nuclear complex and allow the return of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) inspectors⁹.

When asked to comment on the differences of the 1994 agreed framework and the current inked joint document, Hill said the two deals were in different eras.

On the working groups to be established, Hill said two of the working groups were of great interest to the United States, namely the groups on normalization of U.S.-DPRK relations and DPRK-Japan relations.

He said the United States and the DPRK had not designated the heads for their bilateral working groups, and the working group will determine to what level and when to meet.

The working group on energy cooperation might be at more technical level instead of deputy or ministerial level, and the group would work on modalities of the shipments of fuel oil to the DPRK at the initial phase and the following phases.

On the 60-day period for initial actions, Hill said, "that's going to be a very fast pace", adding that "as the initial actions proceed, we can build up momentum¹⁰."

Hill noted¹¹ that the parties would not rest until they complete the job.

According to Hill, four countries, including Russia, China, the United States and the Republic of Korea agreed to provide economic, energy and humanitarian¹² assistance to the DPRK, and he also expressed his hope for the participation¹³ by Japan and other members of the international community.

Hill spoke¹⁴ highly of the six-party talks mechanism¹⁵, saying it created a mechanism to address comprehensively the issues in Northeast Asia.

"How far they (DPRK) are willing to move in what pace, time will tell." Hill added.

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1 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 delta
n.（流的）角洲
参考例句：
He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。 The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

3 delegation
n.代表团；派遣
参考例句：
The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。 We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

4 bilateral
adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的
参考例句：
They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。 There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

5 normalization
n.（normalisation）正常化，标准化
参考例句：
The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.这次访问显示两国关系已经正常化。 He was pleased to the normalization of relationship between the police and the people.他很高兴警方和人民之间关系的正常化。

6 implementation
n.实施，贯彻
参考例句：
Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

7 undertaking
n.保证，许诺，事业
参考例句：
He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。 He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。

8 reactor
n.反应器；反应堆
参考例句：
The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。 Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

9 inspectors
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官
参考例句：
They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。来自《简明英汉词典》 Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。来自《简明英汉词典》

10 momentum
n.动力，冲力，势头；动量
参考例句：
We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。 The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

11 noted
adj.著名的，知名的
参考例句：
The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。 Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

12 humanitarian
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。 The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

13 participation
n.参与，参加，分享
参考例句：
Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。 The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

14 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

15 mechanism
n.机械装置；机构，结构
参考例句：
The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。 The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

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