Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Published: Wednesday, June 21, 2006
zaman.com
The European Union called on North Korea to suspend all long range missile testing.
“We must say that what they are trying to do ... will have consequences,” EU foreign and security affairs chief Javier Solana said in Vienna, where Bush was meeting with European officials.
Solana also said the international community must be firm with North Korea and persuade it to cancel apparent plans for test firing a long-range ballistic missile believed capable of reaching United States territory; a threat that preoccupied Bush during the talks.
The issue was not on the agenda, but officials said it could be discussed.
North Korea had informed the United States that it was prepared to discuss with them the long range missile it is readying for testing.
My Comments and Doubts: (1) How can Bush discuss anything with a nation he has included in 'axis of evil'? (2) What does North Korea want? American funds? Money to keep quiet? Money to become a slave of United States? Or money to make more weapons? (3) When will US define the abstraction 'axis of evil'? A definition has to be concrete and not abstract.
