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US says DPRK keeps nuclear disablement promise

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-10-17 23:58

WASHINGTON - The United States said Friday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has stuck to its promise of disabling its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.

"The North Koreans have in their efforts reversed all their reversals in the reactor. All the seals are back on, the surveillance equipment is back, reinstalled. And the equipment that had been removed is back where it had been," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

The United States removed the DPRK from its terrorism list on October 11 after the two sides reached the agreement on verification measures over the latter's nuclear program.

The removal follows a two-day trip to Pyongyang by US chief negotiator to the six-party nuclear talks, Christopher Hill, earlier this month.