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Framework of October 21, 1994. The US would provide North Korea
with two light-water reactors, replacing graphite-moderated reactors,
and deliver crude oil until the first reactor was completed. Both parties
would strive to normalize political and economic relations. North
Korea would implement the 1991 North-South Joint Declaration and
re-engage in North-South dialogue.
Through Carter, a suggestion had been made to President Kim
Young Sam (1993-98) to hold a summit meeting. Secret vice-premierlevel
talks were held in Panmunjom on June 28 that led to an
agreement to hold a summit in P’yôngyang from July 25 to 27.
Working- level talks were held in Panmunjom on July 1 and 2, but the
talks that were scheduled to be held on July 7 and 8 were cancelled due
to the death of Kim Il Sung on July 8. No further talks were held
afterwards. On the contrary, inter-Korean relations deteriorated, in
particular since South Korean authorities did not allow any condolences
to be sent for Kim Il Sung and defined him as a war criminal.
In contrast, US President Bill Clinton sent a letter of condolence to
keep the Geneva negotiations on the nuclear issue on track. The policy
of the new leader Kim Jong Il to reject contacts was a policy to exclude
South Korea. Instead, North Korea used the “nuclear card” to improve
relations with the US.
The only North-South talks held concerned rice aid in 1995 and
food aid in 1997. To incapacitate the armistice regime, both talks were
held in Beijing instead of Panmunjom. In addition, after Kim Dae Jung
had become South Korean president in February 1998, talks on
supplies of fertilizers from South to North Korea were held in April
1998 and June 1999 in Beijing; the role of Panmunjom as a place for
contacts had decreased. The only meetings held in Panmunjom after
North Korea Incapacitates the MAC and the NNSC in the 1990s
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