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Добрый день!
Министр ин.дел КНДР Пак Нам-Сун заявил, что взрыв был осуществлен для уничтожения горы в рамках осуществляемого сейчас гигантского гидроэнергетического проекта.
N Korea says it blew up mountain
North Korea has given its first explanation for the huge blast last week which prompted speculation that it had carried out a nuclear test.
The country's foreign minister, Paek Nam-sun, said the blast was in fact the deliberate demolition of a mountain as part of a huge, hydro-electric project.
His remarks came in response to a call for information by the visiting UK Foreign Office minister, Bill Rammell.
North Korea had said nothing about the incident until now.
After meeting with Mr Paek, Mr Rammell urged North Korea to allow a British diplomat to inspect the scene.
Mr Rammell welcomed the fact that North Korea had provided an explanation.
"But if they are going to be open and engage with the international community, what we really need is diplomats to be able to go to the area and confirm for themselves that that is the case," Mr Rammell said.
The North Koreans have promised to consider the request, he said.
'Peculiar cloud'
The United States and South Korea had already played down suggestions that the explosion in Yanggang Province, close to the Chinese border, was caused by a nuclear device.
"There was no indication that was a nuclear event of any kind. Exactly what it was, we're not sure," US Secretary of State Colin Powell told ABC television on Sunday.
The blast in Yanggang Province, close to the Chinese border, is said to have happened on Thursday as the Stalinist state celebrated its National Day.
It created what officials in Seoul say was a peculiar-shaped cloud.
The incident and the fears it has provoked around the world are another illustration of the enormous tension between the regime and the international community, says the BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Robbins, in Pyongyang.
North Korea is under international pressure to end all nuclear programmes and disarm.
But so far it has offered only limited concessions during "six-party" international talks involving both Koreas, the US, China, Russia and Japan.
It has not yet committed to attend a fourth round of the talks, which the Chinese, as hosts, wanted to start before the end of this month.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/3650702.stm
Published: 2004/09/13 05:59:11 GMT
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