US, Japan, South Korea Urge DPRK to Give up Nuclear Program

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US, Japan, South Korea Urge DPRK to Give up Nuclear Program

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US President George W. Bush, South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Saturday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to give up its nuclear weapons program quickly.

"The three leaders called upon North Korea (DPRK) to dismantle this program in a prompt and verifiable manner," the three leaders said in a joint statement after a trilateral meeting in this small town on the tip of Mexico's Baja Californian peninsula.

The three leaders met on the sidelines of the 10th Economic Leaders Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

According to the statement, Bush, Kim and Koizumi reaffirmed their commitment to a peaceful Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons.

They also agreed that DPRK's relations with the international community will now rest on whether it can dismantle its nuclear weapons program with prompt and visible actions.

The DPRK acknowledged its nuclear weapons program during a trip to Pyongyang in early October by US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly.

Pyongyang accused Washington of being responsible for the nullification of an agreed framework on nuclear issues which the two sides signed in Geneva in 1994.

Washington responded with similar charges but has stated that it intends to seek a peaceful solution to the issue.

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