Seoul says time, patience running out on N.Korea

WASHINGTON-South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan(picture left) said on Wednesday major powers were losing patience with North Korea's failure to produce a full declaration of its nuclear programs as agreed in a 2005 deal.Speaking at a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, he said North Korea must meet its commitment to provide a complete and correct declaration of its nuclear activities, which was promised for the end of last year."Time and patience is running out. We hope North Korea will submit a declaration as soon as possible so as not to lose good timing," he said in his first trip to Washington as South Korea's foreign minister.The Bush administration's term ends in January 2009 and while Yu did not mention this, U.S. allies are becoming increasingly conscious of the U.S. political timetable.Yu did not indicate what, if any, ultimatums might be issued to the North Koreans, or whether the major powers dealing with the issue might offer more inducements.The accord under which North Korea agreed to abandon all its nuclear programs in exchange for economic and diplomatic benefits has been stalled by Pyongyang's failure to produce a declaration of those programs by the end of last year.The so-called six-party agreement was made between the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States.U.S. President George W. Bush spoke to Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday over North Korea, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said in a statement.
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