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335). While the sunshine policy was pursued, rearmament continued.<br />

After the nuclear test, the UN Security Council unanimously<br />

adopted resolution 1718 that included strong legal measures against<br />

North Korea. Capital inflow would be cut off, a travel ban on people<br />

related to the nuclear weapons program would be imposed and selling<br />

conventional weapons such as fighter planes and tanks would be<br />

prohibited. In addition, selling luxury items (German Mercedes Benz<br />

cars, Swiss Rollex watches, French cognac) which are an important<br />

means for Kim Jong Il to rule would be prohibited as punishment for<br />

the nuclear program that threatened global peace. However, the<br />

nuclear test hardly affected the Swedish/Swiss NNSC camp since, like<br />

all the other events, it took place outside the area. The security<br />

battalion always maintained high alert that could not be further<br />

elevated. At the second session of the fifth round of six-party talks held<br />

in Beijing, December 18-22, the US urged North Korea to take rapid<br />

steps for denuclearization. For North Korea, the removal of financial<br />

sanctions on accounts in BDA remained a prime consideration; the<br />

issue was thoroughly linked to denuclearization. 381<br />

The third session of the fifth round of the six-party talks was<br />

held in Beijing from February 8 to 13, 2007. In the February 13<br />

agreement, the parties agreed to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, to<br />

normalize relations between on the one hand North Korea and on the<br />

other the US and Japan, to cooperate on economic and energy issues<br />

and, finally, to work for peace and security in Northeast Asia. North<br />

Korea would first close down the nuclear facilities at Yôngbyôn until<br />

381_ Cheon, ibid., pp. 18-20, 21; Jonsson, ibid., p. 62; Liu, ibid., pp. 15, 18-19, 25; Lee,<br />

ibid., December 2007, p. 39; Norlin, “Lugnt hos svenskar i Korea” (http://www.<br />

mil.se/int, October 11, 2006); Swedish officer, oral interview, March 13, 20<strong>09</strong>.<br />

Expanding Relations but Continuing Tension since 2000<br />

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