Bush offers North Korea chance for peace deal

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Bush offers North Korea chance for peace deal
Fri Sep 7, 2007 6:25AM EDT

By Bill Tarrant

SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush
said on Friday that the United States would consider
a peace treaty with North Korea if it gave up nuclear
arms, underlining Washington's shift away from a
hard line on the communist state.

Bush's comments follow several weeks of apparent
progress in ending a crisis over the weapons program
of a country he had once bracketed with pre-war
Iraq and Iran in an "axis of evil".

"We're looking forward to the day when we can end
the Korean War. That will happen when Kim Jong-il
verifiably dismantles his weapons program," Bush
told reporters after meeting South Korean President
Roh Moo-hyun as Asia-Pacific leaders gathered for
a summit in Australia.

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Bush said he was "optimistic" about the progress of
the effort to convince North Korea to give up its
weapons, but said there was still more work to be
done.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSP13447620070907

[Lasher]

1. Um, isn't this the exact same deal Clinton made with them?

You know, the one Junior scuttled as soon as he assumed the presidency.