North Korea Accused of Helping Syria Build a Secret Nuclear Reactor, Tom Fayle, Radio Australia, ABC, 25 April 2008
BRUCE: “Well at this point in time Christopher Hill is making a hard sell to the US Congress of a declaration of North Korea’s nuclear activity. Under a February 2007 agreement North Korea was required to disclose its nuclear programs, including its ties to Syria. The US and North Korea have been wrangling over this agreement for many months, and after a recent meeting in Singapore the compromise was that the United States, not North Korea would note its concerns over the North’s ties to Syria and North Korea will have the courtesy to acknowledge those concerns. Now if you’re a member of the US Congress and you’re expecting North Korea to come clean over its nuclear programs this is not exactly what you had in mind. So while Christopher Hill is making this hard sell on the deal reached in Singapore you have these concerns coming to light that really undercuts his attempts to get Congress to buy into that agreement.”