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North Korea submits nuclear weapon records
North Korea has submitted boxes of documents, which officials said detailed its production of arms-grade plutonium.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:34 May 10, 2008
- Image Credit: Reuters
- State Department nuclear envoy Sung Kim (right) and his delegation are escorted by a US soldier after returning from North Korea.
Panmunjom, South Korea: North Korea has submitted boxes of documents, which US officials said detailed its production of arms-grade plutonium as far back as 1986.
The State Department said details of the documents were an "important first step" in getting a full declaration of the North's nuclear activities.
US State Department ambassador Sung Kim returned from North Korea on Saturday to shuttle the boxes across the border.
US officials have said turning over the documents would bring North Korea closer to the goal set in an international disarmament deal of declaring all its nuclear activities.
Under a six-country deal, North Korea was required to provide a full accounting of its nuclear weaponry as well as answer US suspicions that it provided Syria with nuclear help.
If North Korea makes the declaration, the United States has promised to take it off its terrorism blacklist and remove sanctions that restrict Pyongyang from tapping into international finance.
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