By Remember this the next time you hear that the Chinese and Russians are showing good faith in their pursuit to disarm North Korea’s nuclear program:
Declassified Japanese documents confirm that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said during September 2002 summit talks with Japan that he was afraid the North would end up like Iraq.
NHK also reports that according to summit minutes held by the Tokyo Foreign Ministry, then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi proposed to Kim that if Pyongyang gives up its nuclear program, the global community would compensate them financially.
Kim then reportedly expressed fear of becoming like Iraq but added that Russia and China agreed to North Korea’s possession of nuclear weapons. [KBS Global]
4:18 am on November 10th, 2009 1
I can't believe you are taking this at its face value. According to some Japanese documents this is what the Dear Leader told Koizumi? Then I beg to ask, are they (China and Russia) only doing this (trying to get the DPRK to resume talking to the US and others) for show? China and Russia reached an agreement with the DPRK to allow the latter to keep its nukes as early as 2002 and they have been coordinating their efforts just to play the Americans? It is a facade? The evil Chinese and Russians are laughing their tails off while the Americans are doing their best to denuclearize the DPRK? I am laughing now. I can't believe you are serious about this!
1:02 pm on November 10th, 2009 2
And Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumis response to that retort was? (You like saki?).