CNN: U.S. takes North Korea off terror list
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
"Based upon the cooperation agreement North Korea has recently provided ... the secretary of state this morning rescinded the designation of the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] as a state sponsor of terrorism, and that was effective as of her signature," McCormack said.
McCormack said the United States and North Korea had reached agreement "on an number of important verification measures" of North Korea's nuclear program.
These include participation by all members of the Six Party Talks, the role of the U.N.
nuclear watchdog agency, access to all of North Korea's nuclear facilities and what procedures would be used in the verification process.
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