The DPRK agreed to curtail a nuclear program in exchange for food

The DPRK agreed to curtail its nuclear and missile programs, in particular, refusing to test nuclear weapons, in exchange for food assistance from the United States, Reuters reports.

On Wednesday, the US State Department said that the DPRK agreed to introduce a moratorium on launches of long -range missiles, stop testing nuclear weapons and curtailing the enrichment of uranium at the atomic facility in Yonben. Pyongyang also agreed to check his nuclear facilities by the IAEA inspectors.

In return, the American diplomatic department promised North Korea to coordinate the final details of food assistance and take other steps to improve bilateral relations.

At the end of November 2010, North Korea officially confirmed information about the expansion of its nuclear program, reporting the work of several thousand centrifugs at the Uranus enrichment enterprise in Yonben. Magate inspectors observed activities in Yonben until April 2009, later the DPRK stopped all the cooperation with the agency and sent it to specialists from the country.

On February 23, the US Beijing and the DPRK held negotiations at which the nuclear program of North Korea was discussed. A special envoy of the United States on the problems of the DPRK GLLIN Davies (Glyn Davies) met with the First Deputy Foreign Minister of North Korea Kim Kye Gwan. These were the first negotiations of this kind between Washington and Pyongyang after the death of the DPRK leader Kim Jong Ira in December last year.