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ReutersChina urges patience on North Korea deadline D-dayBy Lindsay Beck and Ben Blanchard
Sat Apr 14, 7:09 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged the United States on Saturday to show
a bit more patience as North Korea appeared likely to miss a deadline
to shut down a nuclear reactor.
Under a multilateral deal struck on Feb, 13, Pyongyang agreed to shut
down its Soviet-era Yongbyon plant within 60 days, but it seems it has
not made good on that pledge because of millions of dollars frozen in
North Korean accounts at a Macau bank.
-snip-"The Chinese wanted us to show some patience for a couple of more
days. There's a sense that the communication lines are open and the
North Koreans understand the fact that these accounts are accessible
to them."
-snip-Hill said there had been a big diplomatic push to end the crisis. "We'd
like to see a similar level of effort from the DPRK -- a level of effort
that, frankly, we haven't been seeing," Hill said, referring to North
Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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