US North Korean Policy Administrator, William Perry was learned Sunday to have decided that the status quo on the Korean peninsula is unsatisfactory and will recommend the international normalization of North Korea through a package deal policy. A diplomatic source said Sunday that Perry's report is known to have been completed and will be distributed at the US, South Korea and Japan summit in New Zealand on September 12, following the US, North Korean missile talks in Berlin on September 7.
According to the source, the report will present a gradual solution to the present predicament, by persuading North Korea to abandon its development of weapons of mass destruction, build mutual political confidence and remove the Cold War structure on the Korean peninsula. It details five measures to accomplish this; full implementation of the Geneva Accord, acceptance of the MTCR to solve the missile issue, talks at ministerial and above levels, a three stage economic assistance package and normalization of relations between Japan and North Korea.
With regard to economic assistance this will be divided into primary, advanced and full-scale which will include loans. In relations with South Korea, the report stresses the importance of implementing the 1992 South-North Basic Agreement and emphasized the re-introduction of official dialogued and continued contact.
A source in the South Korean government said that the report also detailed measures to be taken if North Korea failed to accept the package deal, but refused to give any information, saying that in this scenario, the North should prepare itself for complete international isolation.
(Kim In-ku ginlo@chosun.com)
