Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Mike Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, was quoted by the Washington Post, "U.S. to Delist North Korea as a Sponsor of Terrorism."
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Mike Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, was quoted by the Washington Post, "U.S. to Delist North Korea as a Sponsor of Terrorism."
KYOTO, Japan, June 26 -- President Bush moved Thursday to drop North Korea from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism and to lift some trading sanctions, after the isolated totalitarian state turned over a long-delayed report that includes details of plutonium production in its nuclear program.
Nuclear weapons experts had mixed reactions. "There is some important progress represented by the agreement, but it's a worrisome omission with regard to Syria and highly enriched uranium. So there's a lot missing in this deal, and a lot wrong with this deal," said Michael J. Green, who was a Korea specialist on the National Security Council until 2005 and is now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The North Koreans "may conclude there is no serious consequence for testing weapons or transferring technology."
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