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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
By Stephanie Ho
Washington
02 May 2006
The U.S. representative to the six-nation talks aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis says Pyongyang is boycotting2 the process. Speaking at a U.S.-Korea conference Tuesday, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said Washington will not offer what he termed "favors" to entice3 North Korea to return.
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The six party talks, which bring together the United States, North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan and Russia, started in 2003, but are currently stalled.
There has been no forward movement since last September, when negotiators thought they had a breakthrough agreement. In return for completely freezing and dismantling4 its nuclear programs, North Korea would receive energy aid.
Christopher Hill
However, there has been no progress on that agreement, although chief U.S. negotiator, Chris Hill, said Washington still stands by and is ready to discuss the details of that deal.
"Every single word in that agreement is there for a reason," said Christopher Hill. "And we, I know my delegation5 is prepared to negotiate every single element of that and negotiate positively6 every single element."
At the same time, though, Hill expressed Washington's growing impatience7 with what he said was Pyongyang's unwillingness8 to return to the negotiating table. He also dismissed the idea that the United States should pursue negotiations9 with North Korea bilaterally11.
"We are not prepared to just sit outside the six party process and allow North Korea to boycott1 the process and look for favors in order to bring them back," he said. "After all, they are the ones staying out of the process, a process which should be in their interest, as much as it is in the interest of the other participants."
North Korea has refused to return to the six party talks until U.S. financial sanctions against it are lifted. Millions of dollars of North Korean funds have been frozen at a bank in Macau, while investigators12 look into charges of counterfeiting13 and other illegal activities.
Hill rejected Pyongyang's argument, saying the U.S. investigation14 is not related to the six party talks. He added that he believes it is in North Korea's interest to put its concerns about the sanctions aside and continue the six party process.
"As I said, they should not mortgage their entire future because of $20 million in a Macau bank or mortgage their entire future because of a bilateral10 contact," noted15 Christopher Hill.
Hill said that if the North Koreans do return to the six party process, they will find him across the negotiating table in Beijing, "prepared and willing," and, in his words, "looking for any and every way to move forward."
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n./v.(联合)抵制,拒绝参与 | |
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抵制,拒绝参加( boycott的现在分词 ) | |
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v.诱骗,引诱,怂恿 | |
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4 dismantling | |
(枪支)分解 | |
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5 delegation | |
n.代表团;派遣 | |
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6 positively | |
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
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adj.双方的,两边的,两侧的 | |
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[医]adv.两侧,双向地 | |
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12 investigators | |
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13 counterfeiting | |
n.伪造v.仿制,造假( counterfeit的现在分词 ) | |
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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