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Press Release 2007/08
DPRK Invites IAEA Officials to Pyongyang for Verification Talks
18 June 2007 | IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei received a letter dated 16 June 2007 from the Director General of the DPRK´s General Department of Atomic Energy, Mr. Ri Je Son, in which he asks for an IAEA delegation to visit Pyongyang to discuss the modalities for verification and monitoring by the IAEA of the shutdown of the Yongbyon nuclear facility.
In his letter of reply today, Dr. ElBaradei informed Mr. Ri that a team headed by IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards, Mr. Olli Heinonen will travel to Pyongyang shortly to discuss and agree on these modalities. The team is scheduled to visit Pyongyang in the week commencing the 25th of June.
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