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East Asian Leaders Call for N. Korea to Abandon Nuclear Program

Leaders of 16 Asia-Pacific countries have North Korea's nuclear ambitions have
pledged to speed up economic integration, featured prominently in the talks.
and have called on North Korea to abandon Meeting for the first time since North
its nuclear weapons programs. The Korea's October nuclear test, Mrs. Arroyo
statements came at the end of the East reiterated the leaders' call for
Asia Summit meeting in the Philippine Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear
city of Cebu, where VOA's Heda Bayron has programs.
filed this report. "We urge North Korea to take concrete and
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo says effective steps toward the full
progress over the past several days among implementation of the Joint statement of
leaders and foreign ministers from September 19 of 2005," she said.
Southeast Asia and its Asia-Pacific In that 2005 statement, the North pledged
neighbors has bought the region a step to end its nuclear programs, in exchange
closer to full economic integration. for economic and security guarantees from
Mrs. Arroyo says the Association of the United States and other countries.
Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, which Japan, South Korea and the U.S., along
held its separate summit meeting here with China and Russia, North Korea's
Saturday and Sunday, can play a key role traditional allies, have been trying for
in reaching that goal. the last three years to persuade North
"We can become a dynamo as the hub and Korea to give up its nuclear programs.
core of East Asia immersed in robust, The last round of negotiations ended in
open trade from within the region and December with no progress. Pyongyang and
across the oceans," she said. Washington are at odds over financial
ASEAN wants to create a common market for sanctions imposed by Washington to halt
its 10 members by 2015, and eventually Pyongyang's alleged counterfeiting and
expand that to include its six major money laundering activities. The North
regional trading partners: Japan, China, Koreans want those sanctions lifted as a
South Korea, India, Australia and New precondition for any concessions on the
Zealand. Such a bloc would include almost nuclear issue.
half the world's population, and a fifth On Monday, the Asian leaders also called
of its current world trade. on Pyongyang for the first time to
On Monday, as leaders of all 16 nations address the issue of Japanese and South
gathered in Cebu for the second annual Koreans abducted by North Korean agents
East Asia Summit, the leaders pledged to over the past several decades.
accelerate regional free trade. The leaders agreed to cut dependence on
Agreement on a wide range of issues has oil and to seek renewable energy
been reached here over the past week, supplies, at a time when high oil prices
from trade and investments, to migrant and rapid economic growth raise
workers' rights, to cooperation on competition among Asian nations for new
counterterrorism. energy sources.




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