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Premature Proclamation

Looks like NK jumped the gun a bit. 

The United States has denied claims from Pyongyang that North Korea has been taken off the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

The North’s official news agency had carried a report quoting a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying the nation had been removed from the list and that sanctions would be lifted.

However, a senior State Department official involved in negotiations with North Korea said: “This is not imminent. The North Koreans have several things they need to do on key areas first.”

The official was not authorized to discuss sensitive details of diplomatic discussions on the record, and spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity.

Posted by Owen at 1138 hrs
Foreign Affairs

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