North Korea to co-operate with UN after U.S. lifts sanctions: IAEA head

14 Mar, 2007 20:50 / Updated 17 years ago

The UN’s chief nuclear inspector has said North Korea is fully committed to disarming, but wants U.S. financial sanctions against it lifted first. He has described his two-day visit to Pyongyang for nuclear talks as “quite useful”.

UN nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency's Director General Mohamed ElBaradei`s trip to North Korea is the first since a group of inspectors were barred four years ago.During negotiations last month North Korea promised to give up its nuclear weapons programme by April in return for economic aid. Six-party talks which involve Russia, China, US, Japan and the two Koreas will resume in Beijing on Monday.