First, they have got to disarm (and) create a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.

First they have got to disarm, create a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, and once they are back in the NPT with IAEA safeguards, at an appropriate time we'll have a discussion about the subject of the provision of a light-water reactor.

First they have got to disarm, create a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, and once they are back in the NPT with IAEA safeguards, at an appropriate time we'll have a discussion about the subject of the provision of a light-water reactor,

Like nuclear conflicts on the Korean Peninsula or an earthquake in Tokyo, ... the more focus on the issue and safeguards taken to prevent it, the better the chance that the worst fears are not realized.

We cannot have a situation where the DPRK pretends to abandon its nuclear programs and we pretend to believe them,

[That North Korea must completely, verifiably, and irreversibly dismantle its nuclear program before receiving any benefits. In a July 13 interview with South Korea’s SBS Television, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reiterated these conditions: North Korea, she said, must] make a strategic choice to abandon its nuclear weapons programs and its nuclear programs ... in the context of these [six-party] talks.