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| North Korea is set to hand over a long-awaited account of its nuclear programme to China on Thursday, Beijing's foreign ministry has said. | North Korea is set to hand over a long-awaited account of its nuclear programme to China on Thursday, Beijing's foreign ministry has said. |
| The declaration, which is six months overdue, should contain full details of its plutonium enrichment efforts. | The declaration, which is six months overdue, should contain full details of its plutonium enrichment efforts. |
| But analysts caution it is not expected to include data on alleged attempts by North Korea to enrich uranium. | But analysts caution it is not expected to include data on alleged attempts by North Korea to enrich uranium. |
| The handover is part of international efforts offering Pyongyang diplomatic and economic incentives to disarm. | The handover is part of international efforts offering Pyongyang diplomatic and economic incentives to disarm. |
| The US has agreed that if the North Korean declaration is complete, it will take measures to remove the country from its list of states sponsoring terrorism. | The US has agreed that if the North Korean declaration is complete, it will take measures to remove the country from its list of states sponsoring terrorism. |
| NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR DEAL 2002: N Korea pulls out of previous deal after US accuses it of having secret uranium programmeOctober 2006: North Korea carries out its first test of a nuclear weaponFebruary 2007: North Korea agrees to end nuclear activities in return for aidJuly 2007: North Korea closes its Yongbyon nuclear reactor and allows IAEA inspectors inDecember 2007: North Korea misses a deadline to hand over a declaration of its nuclear work | |
| Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Dawei said North Korea was poised to "submit its nuclear declaration to the chair of the six-party talks and the United States will implement its obligations to remove the designation of [North Korea] as a state sponsor of terrorism." | |
| The expected development is dominating a meeting of G8 foreign ministers in Japan. | |
| In North Korea itself, a senior US diplomat and media have been invited to witness the destruction of a nuclear cooling tower at Yongbyon, on Friday. | In North Korea itself, a senior US diplomat and media have been invited to witness the destruction of a nuclear cooling tower at Yongbyon, on Friday. |