bush'eecho.koreauclearweapotest
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goodmorning.earlierthisweek,thegovernmentofnorthkoreaproclaimedtotheworldthatithadconductedasuccefulnuclearweapotest.inreoetonorthkorea''sprovocativeactio,americaisworkingwithourpartnersintheregionandintheunitednatiosecuritycounciltoeurethatthereareseriousrepercuioforthenorthkoreanregime.
northkoreahasbeenpursuingnuclearweapoanddefyingitsinternationalcommitmentsforyears.in1993,northkoreaaouncedthatitwaswithdrawingfromthenuclearnoroliferationtreaty.theunitedstatesnegotiatedwithnorthkoreaandreachedabilateralagreementin1994:northkoreacommittedtogivingupitspursuitofnuclearweapoinexchangeforhelpwithpeacefulnuclearpower.
aftericametooffice,wediscoveredthatnorthkoreahadbeenviolatingthisagreementforsometimebycontinuingworkonacovertnuclearweapoprogram.myadministrationconfrontedthenorthkorearegimewiththisevidencein2002,andthenorthkoreasuequentlywalkedawayfromthe1994agreement.
somyadministrationdecidedtotakeanewaroach.webroughttogetherothernatiointheregioninanefforttoresolvethesituationthroughmultilateraldiplomacy.thelogicbehindthisaroachisclear:northkorea''sneighborshavethemostatstake,andtheyarenorthkorea''sprincipalsourcesoffood,energy,andtrade,soitmakesseetoenlistthemintheefforttogetthenorthkoreanregimetoenditsnuclearprogram.
thisdiplomaticeffortwascalledthesix-partytalks,andthesetalksincludednorthandsouthkorea,china,japan,ruiaandtheunitedstates.inseptemberoflastyear,thesediplomaticeffortsresultedinawide-rangingjointstatementthatofferedaresolutiontotheproblemandabetterlifeforthenorthkoreanpeople.inthisjointstatement,northkoreacommittedtoabandoningallnuclearweapoandexistingnuclearprograms.northkoreawasofferedtheproectofnormalizedrelatiowithjapanandtheunitedstates,aswellaseconomiccooperationinenergy,trade,andinvestment.andt