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By Steve Herman
Tokyo
04 September 2006
 




US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Narita international airport, near Tokyo, Monday, September 4, 2006
US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Narita international airport, near Tokyo, Monday, September 4, 2006
 
 


 
 
 



The top U.S. negotiator has arrived in Japan with a warning that it may be difficult to revive talks on North Korea's suspected nuclear weapons. 


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The U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia returned to the region Monday for consultations 1 with Japanese, South Korean and Chinese diplomats 2 about North Korea's nuclear program.


Christopher Hill, speaking to reporters at Narita International Airport outside Tokyo, said he was not optimistic about a quick resumption of six-way talks on North Korea, which have not been held for nearly a year.


"It's very clear we're in a very difficult period with the six-party process," he said. "The D.P.R.K. has not indicated any interest, right now, in returning to the process."


Hill's visit comes as concerns mount that North Korea, also known as the D.P.R.K., may be preparing to conduct its first nuclear weapons test. North Korea has declared it has such weapons.


A year ago, Pyongyang vowed 3 to give up its nuclear program in exchange for security guarantees and much-needed foreign aid. However, it has refused to return to talks, because of U.S. sanctions imposed on some of its overseas businesses.


Washington contends the businesses are used to launder 4 money and are tied to other criminal activities.


The Pyongyang government in July caused regional alarm by test-firing seven missiles.


Hill had no comment on speculation 5 North Korea might conduct more such tests this Saturday when it marks its 58th anniversary as a nation.


Besides the two Koreas, Japan and the United States, the six-party talks also include host China and Russia.


Hill is to visit Beijing later this week, and is scheduled to hold talks in Seoul starting September 11. That will be just three days before South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun goes to Washington for a summit with President Bush.



n.磋商(会议)( consultation的名词复数 );商讨会;协商会;查找
  • Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 );有手腕的人,善于交际的人
  • These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
  • The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
v.洗涤;洗黑钱(把来路可疑的钱弄得似乎合法)
  • She wore a freshly laundered and starched white shirt.她穿一件刚刚浆洗熨烫过的白色衬衣。
  • The gang launders the steal money through their chain of restaurants.这帮匪徒通过他们的连锁饭店洗赃款。
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
学英语单词
AAP (analyst assistance program)
air operating electric light
airbrushed
albizzin
amberized
antiartillery
autobike
balancing procedure
basal cell carcinoma of face
bearing holder
Bogatyrëvo
boot-leg
British Accounting Association
Brocard point
bucephala islandicas
Camellia parafurfuracea
carbon circuit breaker
centrifugal tar extractor
cinnabar moths
computer literacies
creepage distance
cushioned-seat coach
Darcy law of resistance
denomination currency
diddlysquats
discretionary wiring machine
double break contact
ductile fracture
dynamic balance test
e and m leads
ectopocystis
esophageal sarcoma
feareth
filsting
for-loop block
French type machinist's hammer
full-point
fuselis
hexachaetous
high frequency feeder
home monitoring
honeybush
impracticalities
intrinsicates
jeans' radiation law
kerb-crawlers
Kopites
Kārvāndar, Rūdkhāneh-ye
liability to outsiders
Lumsum
made mountains of molehills
magnetic isoanomalous line
malakoplakia of genitourinary system
male - pattern baldness
Mboula
microdosimetricspectra
microfilariae
Mitsuze-tōge
nasty-looking
non-contact magnetic recording
non-hazardous area
nonsister chromatids
officery
on all sides
opercular fold
perseverances
Piliophen
piquant sauce
Plexus venosus vesicalis
postdiction
precision thermometer
Puccinia scleriae
pulsus aequalis
radio frequency energy
rag-and-bone
reductios
retractable bit
reviviscible
rigger brush
ringing generator
sambas
SearchMash
sequential testing
single-phase three wire system
skandas
solar spectrum
songvid
spatial disequilibrium
squarenesses
stared out
Tar River
td.
think ... up
transabled
translation operation
tubularian
u-shaped adapter
upthrust bearing
vitamin K-1
VSIP
wall gecko
water-rot