Christopher Hill Korean Quotations

It is very important to understand that all the North Korean nuclear energy programs, up to now, all of them have been related to weapons. Not a light bulb has been turned on as a result of the nuclear reactors in North Korea.

I understand we have some North Korean visitors here today.

The North Koreans have not yet decided to return to the (six-party) talks. I'm not sure there's much more I can talk to them about.

I have just told the North Koreans ... (they) raised the idea (of) what can be done about putting the interim measure, a freeze measure. I told them I am not interested.

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 (and) create a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.

Everybody is the winner. This is a win-win situation. We got an agreement on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

The U.S. removed all nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula in the early 1990s.

In our view, the North Koreans have got to get out of this business and stop it,