A former deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency believes North Korea's denuclearization CAN be achieved within three years, as pledged by its leader Kim Jong-un.
In an interview with VOA, Olli Heinonen said the proposed timeline is practical, but it needs to be supported by early action.
Instead of shipping the weapons out fo the North, he advised extracting the nuclear material from the weapons, and taking only the materials out of the country, which would only require one of two years.
Heinonen added, the US needs to take corresponding measures, by assisting North Korea's industry development, but with the sanctions still in place.
Meanwhile, North Korea's top diplomat Ri Yong-ho has wrapped up his week-long stay in New York for the UN General Assembly where he held bilateral talks with the US, China, Russia, and Japan.
In the meantime, in a report through its state-run KCNA, Pyongyang said ending the war is not something to be bargained and it should have been done decades ago.
It added the move stands as the basis for building new North Korea-US relations, but said that, if the US doesn't want to end the war, then the North "won't particularly hope for it."
On the other hand, with Pompeo set to make his fourth visit to Pyongyang sometime this month, many experts expect North and the US to make some progress in their talks and also seal a deal for their proposed second summit.
Source: Arirang News
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