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中國時報 2008.05.02　
國際瞭望：美韓又將朝鮮推向北京
本報訊

    　北韓似乎逐漸向中國靠攏，這是可想見的，因為美國與南韓愈是拉緊，北韓便只有向中國求援，東北亞的戰略格局有向冷戰時期那樣傾斜的跡象。

    　以北京奧運聖火傳遞一事來看，在歐洲許多國家都遭到騷擾，甚至在日本也有藏獨人士滋事，而南韓竟然也有鬧事者，這當然使中國不開心，但北韓在這件事上卻大為張揚，平壤街道為之整修一新，40萬人在隆重遊行中歡呼，並舉行了盛大的聖火傳遞啟閉幕式。北韓最高領導人金正日親自過問這項活動，他知道北京對這次奧運的重視，也知道中國會以各國的反應程度做為外交遠近的衡量，所以極盡鋪張之能事。

    　北韓空軍總司令李炳哲訪問了北京，據說是為了向中方求購新式戰機，緣由是南韓已向美國訂購40架F15K型戰機，現在又追加了21架，這種「三代半」的戰機不必空中加油即可在整個朝鮮半島作戰，北韓那些陳舊的米格機當然不能匹敵，而北韓要想抗衡便只有求助於中國，據說金正日打算購買中國製的「殲10」戰機，這種戰機可以與美國F16較量。

    　傳說金正日將搭飛機去北京及河內訪問，這是很可能的事，南韓總統李明博去華府及東京拉交情，金正日便去北京與河內鞏固邦誼。

    　北韓以中國為靠山，中國以北韓做為外交戰略上的籌碼，外部有任何變化，他們之間的關係都會自動調整。目前美國、南韓、日本加強連繫要對北韓施壓，美國又將北韓及伊朗等國列為支持恐怖主義最力的國家，看來要達成朝鮮半島無核化的目標是渺茫了。

http://news.yam.com/afp/international/200805/20080502105490.html
報導：北韓暫時同意交付大量核設施紀錄
法新社╱張仲琬 2008-05-02 07:50     
 
 
（法新社華盛頓一日電）美國「華盛頓時報」今天報導，北韓暫時同意交付美國大量北韓重要核子設施的報告，以支持該國預定通報的原子計畫。

不過，白宮表示，對這個強硬共產國家可能通報的時間並不知情。北韓原定應於去年十二月三十一日，依照以援助換取非核化作業的六國協定，通報該國核武計畫。

白宮發言人法拉托，在回答華府願意等待多久時表示：「我認為這件事無法設定時限。愈快愈好，這也是我國談判特使在努力的方向。」

華盛頓時報，今天引用行政部門與國會官員的話報導，平壤「暫時同意交付美國，該國重要的寧邊核子反應爐自一九九零年以來的數千份紀錄。」

報導指出，這些報告是「為了補充該國預定通報的核子計畫」。

美國務院官員拒絕對報導做出評論，不過指出，一個小組上週已前往平壤，討論核武計畫申報與認證方式。

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080502/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsuswhouse_080502001153;_ylt=AlUwToPOVFGHMhmaQboU2bPtOrgF
NKorea agrees to give key nuclear complex records: report

44 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - North Korea has tentatively agreed to give the United States voluminous records from its key nuclear complex to back an expected declaration of its atomic program, a US newspaper reported.
 
But the White House said it had no new information from the hardline communist nation on when it might provide the declaration, which was due by December 31, 2007 as part of a six-nation, aid-for-denuclearization deal.

"I don't think it's something that you can put a timeframe on. Sooner is better than later, and that's what our negotiators are working toward," spokesman Tony Fratto said when asked how long Washington was willing to wait.

The Washington Times, quoting administration and congressional officials, reported Thursday that Pyongyang has "tentatively agreed to give the United States thousands of records from its key Yongbyon nuclear reactor dating back to 1990."

They were "to complement an expected declaration of its nuclear programs," it said.

The State Department declined to comment on the report but noted that a US team visited Pyongyang last week to discuss the declaration and ways to verify it.

The United States is seeking access to records of the plutonium-producing Yongbyon reactor, as well as samples from toxic waste and the destruction of a "cooling tower" at the Yongbyon complex, the Times quoted officials as saying.

"The administration is trying to work out the arrangements necessary to verify the accuracy of the North Korean declaration," one official said.

Last year, North Korea said that it possessed about 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of plutonium, much less than US intelligence had estimated, reports said.

The North, which blasted a nuclear bomb in October 2006, shut down the Yongbyon plant and is in the process of disabling it under a deal reached with the United States, China, the two Koreas, Japan and Russia.

The final phase of completely dismantling the plant and surrendering all nuclear material will be implemented after it hands over the declaration.

In return for total denuclearization it would receive energy aid, a lifting of bilateral sanctions, the establishment of diplomatic relations with the US and a formal peace treaty.

The US House of Representatives foreign affairs panel has passed legislation allowing the administration to fund North Korea's denuclearization under tight provisions imposed by lawmakers skeptical of Pyongyang's commitments under the six-party deal, Congressional aides said Thursday.

"This authority will support the administration's efforts effectively to verify the DPRK's (North Korea's) declaration and denuclearization of the Korean peninsula under the six-party talks," State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper told AFP.

"We understand the concerns behind some of the provisions of the bill and we will continue to work closely with Congress on the legislation," he said.

Washington estimates it would need an additional 50 million dollars for fiscal year 2008 and another 360 million dollars the following year to continue North Korea's nuclear disablement, reports have said.

The United States says North Korea's nuclear declaration also must clear up suspicions about an alleged secret uranium enrichment program and North Korea's suspected involvement in the construction of a nuclear plant in Syria.

The North denies both activities. Under a reported tentative deal, it will merely "acknowledge" US concerns about the two issues in a confidential document to the United States.

http://news.yam.com/afp/international/200805/20080501086275.html
想脫離黑名單 美要北韓保證沒從事恐怖活動
法新社╱鄭詩韻 2008-05-01 13:35    
 
 
（法新社華盛頓三十日電）美國今天表示，將北韓從恐怖主義贊助國名單除名前，美國必須先進行分析，並獲得北韓的保證。

美國國務院官員戴禮告訴記者，北韓就像其他被列入黑名單的國家，「需要在關鍵領域，詳細地向美國保證他們不會參與恐怖主義」。

美國國務院公佈一份報告後，他表示：「現在北韓還沒提出保證。」這份報告將北韓、伊朗、敘利亞、古巴與蘇丹列入二零零七年資助恐怖主義國家名單。

二零零六年的年度恐怖主義國報告，也將這五國列為資助恐怖主義國。

擔任反恐辦公室協調人的戴禮說，將北韓從名單上移除，也需要進行分析。將北韓從恐怖主義贊助國名單上除名是要求平壤廢除核武計畫的六方會談的一部分。

他說：「我們必須針對過去六個月做嚴格且迅速的情報分析，確保他們並未進行國際恐怖主義。」

他被問到，上週美國情報單位指稱，北韓協助敘利亞建立核子反應爐，是否會影響北韓從名單中移除的希望。

敘利亞否認以色列去年九月空襲摧毀之地，他們有在上面建造了一座反應爐。

戴禮又說：「我們與情報分析師非常仔細地研究那些（疑似核子擴散）情況，確保我們獲得的資訊正確，及情報是否可信。」 
 

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US seeks NKorean assurance it's not engaging in terror

Thursday May 1, 10:29 AM
 
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Wednesday it must conduct an analysis and get assurances from North Korea before removing the country from a list of state sponsors of terrorism.

The North Koreans, like any other blacklisted state, "need to provide the United States with a detailed assurance in key areas that they will not engage in terrorism," US State Department official Dell Dailey told reporters.

"Now that assurance has not come back from the DPRK yet," he said after the release of a State Department report listing North Korea among state sponsors of terrorism along with Iran, Syria, Cuba and Sudan in 2007.

The annual Country Reports on Terrorism listed the same five as state terrorism sponsors in 2006.

Dailey, coordinator of the Office for Counterterrorism, said removing North Korea from the list -- which is part of six-party negotiations to strip Pyongyang of its own nuclear weapons program -- also required a US analysis.

"We have to do a hard and fast intelligence analysis of the previous six months to ensure they haven't conducted any international terrorism," he said.

He had been asked whether North Korea's hopes to be removed from the list would be hurt by US intelligence allegations last week that it helped Syria build a nuclear reactor for a weapons program.

Syria denied the charges it was building such a reactor on a site destroyed by Israel in an air raid last September.

"We're looking very carefully at those (alleged nuclear proliferation) situations with our intelligence analysts, ensuring we've got the right information as to whether those are valid or not," Dailey added.

"We're not certain yet if that is valid information," he said. "Some of it is unfolding as we speak."

US and South Korean envoys here on Monday discussed "next steps" in the six-nation effort aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons drive, but US officials do not expect the charges over proliferation to Syria to disrupt it.

North Korea has shut down its key nuclear reactor and is in the process of disabling it for eventual dismantlement under an aid-for-denuclearization deal with China, South Korea, the United States, Russia, and Japan.

Pyongyang will receive energy aid as well as diplomatic and security guarantees under the deal.

The US says the North Korean declaration must clear up suspicions about an alleged secret uranium enrichment program and the suspected proliferation to Syria.

The North denies both activities. Under a reported tentative deal hammered out in Singapore recently, Pyongyang will merely "acknowledge" US concerns about the two issues in a confidential document to Washington.

http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2008-05-01/1028498105.html
朝鮮媒體稱美韓偵察機4月對朝進行170多次偵察

http://www.sina.com.cn 2008年05月01日 10:28 新華網

　　新華網平壤4月30日電 (記者 高浩榮　張濱陽)朝鮮中央通訊社30日援引軍方消息人士的話報導說，4月初以來美國和韓國偵察機對朝鮮進行的空中偵察活動達170多次，其中美國飛機100多次，韓國飛機70多次。

　　報導說，從海外基地起飛的美國“U-2”高空戰略偵察機和駐韓美軍的“U-2”偵察機幾

　　乎每天都對朝鮮的前沿地區以及中心地區進行空中偵察活動。同時，從日本基地起飛的美軍“RC-12”和“RC-7B”戰術偵察機也每天都在朝鮮的前沿地區盤旋，對朝鮮進行監視和電子偵察活動。

　　韓國則每天出動兩架以上的“RC-800”和“RF-4C”戰術偵察機對朝鮮進行空中偵察。

　　朝中社每月底都援引軍方消息人士的話報導美韓飛機對其進行空中偵察活動的情況，並認為這些空中偵察活動激化了朝鮮半島局勢。

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中國時報 2008.04.29　
國際瞭望：美對北韓軟硬兼施？
本報訊

    　關於北韓與敘利亞核合作之事，美國「朝核六方會談」代表希爾與北韓代表金桂冠本來已在新加坡協議中談妥，以不公開方式由北韓向美方作解釋，但美國情報方面卻在這當中發表了北韓與敘利亞合作的「證據」，人們可以想到這是美內部有了「內鬨」，而適合的解釋是以副總統錢尼領導的強硬派有意阻止美國在六方會談中再讓步。這對國務院的「談判派」，當然會造成困擾，會有什麼結果呢？

    　一種可能是北韓勃然大怒，認為美國是出爾反爾，一怒之下不再提出申報清單，使六方會談陷入停頓，這就會使美國的強硬派正中下懷，但這可能性不大，因為北韓不可能墜入這術中，所以它要靜觀其變，看看布希政府下一步究竟要如何。

    　另一種可能是北韓了解到美方這種背景，但也知道布希仍希望能夠有成果，與其停頓下來，不如在布希任期內解決問題，否則美國上任總統將如何實在難估，共和黨的麥肯是強硬派，民主黨無論是希拉蕊或歐巴馬，在上台之初也不可能讓步。於是六方會談便會照新加坡協議進行，不久復會可能較大。

    　但是，美國方面的態度又如何呢？假如布希政府是以北韓與敘利亞合作之事作為談判之牌來硬壓北韓，那麼就可能造成僵局，但如果是施壓為什麼不在新加坡會談之前，而要在有了協議之後呢？

    　不能排除另一種可能，那就是布希政府玩兩套手法，一方面由國務院妥協，一方面由情報部門強硬，要在軟硬兼施之下讓北韓就範。如果是這樣，北韓既不中止談判，也不會快速進展而讓局面拖下去。

http://news.yam.com/cna/international/200804/20080428077594.html
北韓軍官投誠南韓 十年來首次
中央社╱中央社 2008-04-28 17:44
    
（中央社記者姜遠珍首爾二十八日專電）南韓政府當局今天透露，一名北韓軍官昨天下午四點五十分左右，在朝鮮半島軍事分界線西端的板門店附近，越境投誠南韓，這是一九九八年之後，近十年來首次有北韓軍官投誠南韓。

南韓「聯合新聞通訊社」今天引述南韓政府消息人士的話指出，這名現年二十八歲的北韓李姓中尉，在西部戰線板門店附近的南韓軍前方崗哨投誠，並被引導至安全地區。

據悉，目前由南韓合同參謀本部（相當於三軍參謀總部）、國家情報院、國軍機務司令部（相當於軍事情報局）、警方等實務級工作人員組成的聯合審問小組，對李某越境投誠的具體動機展開調查。

南韓政府消息人士表示，據悉，審問過程中，李某已明確表明投誠意願。在目前北韓標榜一切以軍隊為最優先考量的「先軍政治」大前提下，李某是一九九八年之後，近十年來首次投誠南韓的北韓軍官。

http://news.yam.com/afp/international/200804/20080428077390.html
北韓軍官向南韓投誠 十年來首樁
法新社╱陳政一 2008-04-28 16:50     
 
 
（法新社首爾二十八日電）國防官員今天說，一名北韓軍官跨越重兵防衛的邊界向南韓投誠，成為十年來首位向南韓投誠的北韓軍官。

南韓合同參謀本部發言人表示，這起事件發生於昨天，投誠軍官正在接受調查人員詢問。

這名發言人告訴「法新社」：「這是一九九八年以來首度有北韓軍官投誠。」他說，去年有一位北韓士兵跨越邊界向南韓投誠。

「聯合新聞通訊社」報導說，這位現年二十八歲的中尉軍官在停火村板門店附近跨越邊界，並向南韓尋求庇護。

報導中引述一名軍官的話說：「他正接受相關辦公室的聯合審查委員會詢問，據我了解，他已明白表示希望留在南韓。」

國防官員表示，北韓士兵，尤其是軍官，很少投誠。根據軍隊優先的政策，北韓一百一十萬部隊享有較平民為大的特權。

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080428/wl_asia_afp/nkoreaskoreamilitarydefection_080428075754;_ylt=Av__FDdOzMhXX41a6DeqHkvtOrgF
NKorean army officer defects to South first in 10 years

2 hours, 9 minutes ago

SEOUL (AFP) - A North Korean army officer has crossed to South Korea across the heavily fortified land border in the first such defection by an officer in a decade, defence officials said Monday.

A spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the incident took place Sunday and the man was being questioned by investigators.

"It marks the first defection by a North Korean military officer since 1998," the spokesman told AFP, saying an enlisted man came South across the border last year.

The frontier is reinforced by barbed wire and strewn with millions of landmines.

The spokesman gave no other details on the latest case. Yonhap news agency said the 28-year-old lieutenant crossed near the truce village of Panmunjom and asked for asylum.

Most refugees from the hardline communist North cross into China and then try to travel on to third countries, from where they seek resettlement in South Korea or elsewhere.

"He is being questioned by the joint review committee of related offices, but I understand he has made it clear that he wishes to stay in the South," an unnamed military official told Yonhap.

North Korean soldiers, especially officers, defect relatively seldom, defence officials say. Under a Songun (army first) policy the 1.1 million-strong military enjoys greater privileges than civilians.

More than 12,000 North Koreans, mostly civilians, have defected to the South since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, according to the unification ministry.

http://news.yam.com/afp/international/200804/20080427075208.html
北韓拒與南韓互設辦事處　批李明博裝模作樣
法新社╱F35陳政一 2008-04-27 21:05     
 
 
（法新社首爾二十六日電）北韓國營媒體報導，北韓今天拒絕南韓總統李明博在兩國首都成立聯絡辦事處的提議，聲稱這項提議是「反統一」的裝模作樣把戲。

北韓執政勞動黨的機關報「勞動新聞」說，這不是什麼嶄新的構想，李明博之前的幾任總統為了使朝鮮半島永久分裂，也曾提出類似建議，但都被「丟到垃圾桶了」。

這家日報形容李明博的提議是「規避兩韓關係惡化責任的膚淺策略」。

報導說：「李明博必須停止這種裝模作樣的把戲，回歸六月十五日的精神。」這是指公元兩千年的兩韓和平與和解宣言。

一九九零年代，南韓也曾提議在彼此首都成立聯絡辦事處，但遭北韓拒絕。雙方目前在停戰村板門店設有聯絡辦事處。

在南韓兩位自由派總統奉行十年「陽光」交往政策後，保守派的李明博二月二十五日就職後在兩韓關係上採取較強硬的立場，為此激怒北韓。

北韓已中止與南韓的所有對話，並指責李明博是「戰爭販子般」的叛徒。

http://news.yam.com/afp/international/200804/20080426073506.html
國務院發言人：美國不信任北韓
法新社╱曹宇帆 2008-04-26 18:20     
 
 
（法新社華盛頓二十五日電）在美國昨天指控北韓協助敘利亞建造一座隱密的核子反應爐後，美國國務院發言人麥考馬克今天表示，美國不信任擁有核武的北韓。

麥考馬克引用美國已故總統雷根的名言說：「我們還不是彼此信任的夥伴，我們仍在查核階段。」冷戰時期，雷根與前蘇聯發展雙邊關係及簽署協議時，曾自創「信任但要查核」的名言

被問及華府在揭露北韓協助敘利亞建造核子反應爐後，為何還要繼續信任平壤時，麥考馬克回答：「建立互信需要時間，而且是以表現和履行義務為基礎。我們會等著瞧，我們會等著瞧。」

華府指控敘利亞的該項核子設施具有軍事用途，且至去年九月以色列發動空襲才被摧毀。一項由美國也參與其中的六方會談已持續了五年，該項會談旨在說服北韓終止發展核武行動。

甚至北韓在六方會談同意和盤托出相關的核武方案後，美國仍對北韓提出這項嚴厲的指控。

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US says it does not trust North Korea

by P. Parameswaran
Fri Apr 25, 9:36 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A day after accusing North Korea of helping Syria build a covert nuclear reactor, the United States said Friday it did not trust the hardline communist state, which is negotiating to end its atomic weapons drive.
 
"We are not yet to the trust part, we are still working on the verify part," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said, paraphrasing late president Ronald Reagan's signature phrase, "trust but verify," when dealing with relations and agreements with the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.

"Trust is something that is built up over time and is based on performance and adherence to obligations and, we would see, we would see," McCormack said when asked why Washington would continue to trust North Korea following revelations on Thursday that it helped Syria build an atomic reactor.

Washington charged that the Syrian nuclear facility had a military purpose until Israel destroyed it in a raid in September last year.

The allegation against North Korea came after the reclusive state agreed to come clean on its nuclear weapons program in six-nation talks launched five years ago aimed at disbanding Pyongyang's atomic arsenal.

McCormack said North Korea was confronted over the secret Syrian project in the past several months in the context of the six-party talks, involving the United States, China, the two Koreas, Russia and Japan.

He refused to say how Pyongyang responded.

"I'm not going to share every exchange within the context of those discussions, but I would leave it to them and that they're fully capable of responding in public," he said.

Under the six-party agreement, North Korea has shut down its key nuclear reactor and is in the process of disabling it in return for energy aid and diplomatic and security guarantees.

Pyongyang has however missed a December 31 deadline to declare its nuclear program and its past proliferation record, presumably due to complications over its alleged involvement in the Syrian nuclear facility.

McCormack said that US intelligence information about the North Korea-Syria nuclear links had laid down "a very clear line" in terms of what was required of Pyongyang's declaration.

"So I think they understand very clearly the bar that they need to get over on that part of the declaration," he said.

Lawmakers were shown pictures of the Syrian nuclear site Thursday, which some experts view as a move by the Bush administration to eliminate the issue as any point of contention between the United States and North Korea.

"They can effectively argue that 'we don't need North Korea to provide a declaration (of its proliferation) because we already know what they have done with Syria and then perhaps it can be deemphasized in the negotiations," said Jon Wolfsthal, a weapons expert at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

"This could actually be an attempt by the Bush administration to throw out the garbage because this is an issue that they don't think can be resolved easily, that they don't think is as important as other issues."

Intelligence and administration officials told reporters Thursday that the Syrian nuclear project could have started in 2001, two years before the six-party talks were launched.

The White House said Friday it hoped the revelations would prompt Pyongyang to be more willing to disclose its atomic and proliferation activities.

"The ball is in their court for the next set," spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

McCormack also said that the North Korean-Syrian links underscored the importance of verification of nuclear activities within the six-party process, with China taking a lead role in that area.

"And this information has strengthened that case to the point where you have China that is now going to be chairing a group within the six-party mechanism on issues related to verification," he said.

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美控北韓助敘建核反應爐「危全球安定」六方協議恐破局

【李寧怡╱綜合外電報導】以色列去年九月在敘利亞東部發動突襲轟炸，事隔七個月後，美國政府前天打破沉默出示照片及影帶，指以軍轟炸的目標，正是敘利亞在北韓協助下秘密建造的核子反應爐。敘利亞立刻發表聲明，全盤否認美國的指控，直斥為「荒謬故事」。相關人士憂心，美國的指控可能使要求北韓解除核武的六方會談協議破裂。

美國情報官員前天先後就此事向國會議員及記者進行簡報。官員指敘利亞在2001年於東部幼發拉底河畔的偏遠地區，建造了這座用於生產鈽燃料的核反應爐。簡報中展示多張在反應爐拍攝的照片，清楚呈現爐心外罩、用於控制反應爐熱度的冷卻棒以及反應爐上方的燃料添加口等細部設施。

核反應爐遭以國炸毀
官員並展示此座反應爐與北韓寧邊核反應爐的對照相片，顯示兩者極為相似。另一張照片則是寧邊核反應爐主管官員與敘利亞原能會主席的合照，兩人背後的車輛掛敘利亞車牌。當記者問到北韓協助敘利亞的動機時，不具名情報官員的回答極為簡短：「為了錢。」官員指出，美國事隔數月後才公開此事，是為避免敘利亞對以色列展開報復，在中東燃起戰火。
官員指出，這座核反應爐去年九月六日遭以色列轟炸之前，幾已達到可運作狀態，不過敘利亞要如何取得反應爐運作所需的鈾燃料，不得而知；且這座反應爐煉出的鈽燃料還必須經過再處理，才能用於製造核武，但目前並無跡象顯示敘利亞已另建鈽燃料再處理設施，因此情報官員承認，對敘利亞準備發展核武只有「低度把握」。不過他們去年向總統布希（George W. Bush）報告時表示，無法想出此一反應爐的其他用途。
敘利亞駐美大使前天全盤否認曾建造核反應爐，並嘲諷美國當年也曾毫無根據地指稱伊拉克境內有大規模毀滅性武器。白宮發言人珮莉娜（Dana Perino）則發表措辭嚴厲的聲明，指敘利亞建造這座核反應爐「並非為了和平用途」，是「危險且可能損及全球安定的發展」。華府已向聯合國國際原能總署簡報，希望該署武檢官就此事進行調查。但原能總署昨抨擊華府現在才公布情報，也指責以色列莽撞行事。

北韓已停止協助發展
目前各方最關注的是北韓如何反應。部分官員表示，希望這項指控能迫使北韓承認從事核子擴張活動；但日本及多名美國國會議員則認為，北韓可能因此自六方會談拂袖而去，使布希渴望在任內達成的六方會談協議告吹。負責斡旋北韓核武問題的美國首席核武談判特使希爾（Christopher Hill）前天低調表示，根據美國政府研判，北韓已未再協助敘利亞發展核反應爐，未來參與六方會談的各國將以平常心處理此一議題。 

美情報單位指控要點
◎敘利亞曾秘密建造一座氣冷式核反應爐，在2007年9月遭以色列炸毀之前，幾已達到可運作狀態。
◎北韓在反應爐遭炸毀之前及之後，曾協助敘國秘密核子活動。過去35年僅北韓建造此種反應爐。
◎反應爐所在位置與設施特徵，均顯示敘利亞企圖保密。反應爐遭炸毀後，敘利亞迅速將之拆除掩埋，並在原址另建一棟建築，試圖掩飾。
◎2001年敘利亞開始建造此反應爐前，北韓寧邊核反應爐資深人員曾數度訪敘。2002年北韓官員曾採購氣冷式反應爐相關零件，據信就是為此設施購買。
◎2007年年初與年底，均有北韓官員在敘利亞反應爐設施附近出沒。反應爐遭炸毀後，北韓一高階官員代表團立即訪敘，與敘國秘密核子計劃的相關官員會晤，可能還有北韓官員協助進行損害評估。
資料來源：法新社