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And there was a period in the late 1990s when the two countries were still working together to denuclearize the Soviet republics.
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Gregory F. Treverton, Fortune, 5 July 2023
Faced with economic hardship, Kim Jong Il avoided regime collapse by negotiating for economic aid from the U.S. and South Korea in return for promising to denuclearize—even though Pyongyang secretly kept enriching uranium and selling weapons to the Middle East.
—Andrew Jeong, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2020
Jia, the Chinese government adviser, said China continues to be willing to help on a multilateral efforts to denuclearize North Korea and Iran, or to resume the Paris climate accord, and would not necessarily link cooperation on these issues with areas of friction with Washington.
—Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
Last week, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea called on China and Russia to do more to convince North Korea to denuclearize.
—Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2022
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Gregory F. Treverton, Fortune, 5 July 2023
Faced with economic hardship, Kim Jong Il avoided regime collapse by negotiating for economic aid from the U.S. and South Korea in return for promising to denuclearize—even though Pyongyang secretly kept enriching uranium and selling weapons to the Middle East.
—Andrew Jeong, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2020
Jia, the Chinese government adviser, said China continues to be willing to help on a multilateral efforts to denuclearize North Korea and Iran, or to resume the Paris climate accord, and would not necessarily link cooperation on these issues with areas of friction with Washington.
—Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
Last week, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea called on China and Russia to do more to convince North Korea to denuclearize.
—Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2022
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