The United States has shipped 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil to the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said US State Department yesterday.
"The United States is doing its part with regard to action for action," said
State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood, adding that the fuel oil is
scheduled to arrive in the DPRK in late November and early December.
The United States will continue to have discussions with the DPRK over its
nuclear program, he said.
Under a deal reached in February 2007, the DPRK was to receive 1 million tons
of fuel oil or equivalent energy aid from the United States, China, South Korea,
Russia and Japan, in return for disabling its plutonium-producing facilities.
The six countries have conducted negotiations, well known as the six-party
talks, since 2003, in order to solve nuclear issues on the Korean peninsula in a
political method.
The United States removed the DPRK from its terrorism- sponsoring states list
early last month after the two sides reached an agreement on verification
measures over the latter's nuclear program.