North Korea has agreed to allow a U.S. delegation to visititsmain nuclear complex at Yongbyonnext week, a South Koreanof-ficialsaid Friday.
USA Today reported that Washington approved the trip and itwasscheduled for Jan. 6-10. The newspaper said the U.S.delegationwould include Sig Hecker, director of the Los AlamosNationalLabo-ratory from 1985 to 1997.The report is true, anofficial atthe South Korean Foreign Ministry said.
The U.S. side has informed us of the trip.
The trip, first reported Friday by USA Today, would mark thefirsttime outsiders have been allowed to inspect North Koreasmainnuclear facilities,since the communist country expelled U.N.nuclearmonitors in late 2002.
一名韩国官员周五（2日）表示，朝鲜已经同意一个美国代表团下周参观朝鲜宁边的核设施。2日的《今日美国》报道说，美国政府已批准派团于本月6日到10日访问朝鲜，专家小组成员包括一位名叫西格·海克尔的核武器专家，他曾于1985年至1997年间担任美国洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室的负责人。韩国外交通商部一名官员说，这一报道是真实的，美国方面已向韩国做出有关通报。如果美国代表团能够成行，将是2002年底朝鲜驱逐国际原子能机构核查人员之后，外国人首次获准进入朝鲜重要的核设施。 South Korean soldiers patrol inside the barbed-wire fence attheImjingak Pavilion, Jan. 1, 2004.
2004年1月1日，韩国士兵正在板门店军事分界线韩方一侧巡逻。
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