{"id":1568,"date":"2007-04-09T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-09T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/richardson-delegation-secure-soldiers-remains-discuss-nuclear-program-deadline-with-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2007-04-09T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-09T14:32:00","slug":"richardson-delegation-secure-soldiers-remains-discuss-nuclear-program-deadline-with-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/richardson-delegation-secure-soldiers-remains-discuss-nuclear-program-deadline-with-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson, delegation secure soldiers’ remains, discuss nuclear program deadline with North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Though Gov. Bill Richardson\u2019s<\/a> trip to North Korea<\/st1:country-region> is about securing the remains of U.S.<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> servicemen, you had to know the impending deadline for the nation to shut down its nuclear reactor would come up. <\/p>\n

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It did.<\/p>\n

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North Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>\u2019s top nuclear negotiator told the delegation today that it would let U.N. inspectors into the country as soon as $25 million in frozen funds is released, the Associated Press<\/a> is reporting.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> is co-leading the official delegation of the Bush Administration.<\/p>\n

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The nation agreed on Feb. 13 to dismantle its nuclear program, but has done little to meet the 60-day deadline to begin the process. The money in dispute is in a Chinese bank and was frozen in 2005 after the United States<\/st1:country-region> accused the bank of helping North Korea<\/st1:country-region> launder money and handle counterfeit U.S.<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> money, the news service reported.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Richardson<\/st1:city> told the news service he was hoping to visit the nation\u2019s nuclear reactor while in North Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. Last week, before leaving the United States<\/st1:country-region>, Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said the trip would be only about securing the remains.<\/p>\n

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The nation pledged today to release the remains of six U.S.<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> servicemen to the delegation. Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> called it a \u201cnoble humanitarian gesture,\u201d the news service reported.<\/p>\n

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But the impending deadline on the nuclear weapons program overshadowed the visit. Richardson, who is making his sixth visit to the nation, has a long relationship with North Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and has had success in the past in negotiations.<\/p>\n

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The delegation is scheduled to remain in North Korea<\/st1:country-region> until Wednesday, when it will carry the soldier\u2019s remains to South Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. Richardson<\/st1:city> is scheduled to return to New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though Gov. Bill Richardson\u2019s trip to North Korea is about securing the remains of U.S. servicemen, you had to know the impending deadline for the nation to shut down its nuclear reactor would come up. It did. North Korea\u2019s top nuclear negotiator told the delegation today that it would let U.N. inspectors into the country […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}