North Korea wants guarantees to give up nukes: Carter

North Korea wants guarantees to give up nukes: Carter
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Summary Carter is well-respected in North Korea for his role in helping work out a 1994 nuclear deal.

Jimmy Carter left North Korea on Thursday with a message that Pyongyang had demanded US security guarantees in return for abandoning its nuclear weapons programmes. But a key part of the former US presidents three-day visit a hoped for meeting with leader Kim Jong and his son and heir apparent Kim Jong Un was still in doubt. Neither Carter nor North Koreas state media provided immediate word on whether hed met the Kims.

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