Friday, November 22, 2002
U.S. ANNOUNCES THAT THE AGREED FRAMEWORK IS NOT QUITE DEAD.
So I guess that makes the Agreed Framework "mostly dead." Which of course brings to mind Vizzini's timeless advice from The Princess Bride, advice that American administrations ought to heed.
The U.S. government has not made any final decision about the status of its Agreed Framework with North Korea following North Korea's admission that it has been working on a uranium enrichment program for nuclear weapons, says a top U.S. official.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James A. Kelly told reporters at a briefing November 19 at the Foreign Press Center in Washington that "No final decisions have been made and no final statements have been made by the U.S. Government" on the agreement.
"The U.S. view on the Agreed Framework is that the North Koreans said it was nullified and we guess it's been nullified. But we are not in any rush to make decisions on all aspects of it," Kelly said.
So I guess that makes the Agreed Framework "mostly dead." Which of course brings to mind Vizzini's timeless advice from The Princess Bride, advice that American administrations ought to heed.
