Bush Skeptical Over Pyongyang’s Declaration

U.S. President George W. Bush stressed Wednesday the need to keep an eye on North Korea’s further cooperation in the verification for its nuclear declaration, according to some Japanese news media, including NHK.

President Bush held a press conference at the White House with Japanese news reporters, which was held prior to the G8 summit meeting slated for July 7 in Toyako, Hokkaido.

At the conference, he welcomed North Korea’s move to submit a long-delayed accounting of its nuclear activities and blow off its cooling tower in recent days.

He also made it clear, “However, I still remain skeptical. ‘Show the evidence’ is our strong demand toward Pyongyang.”

On the removing the communist country from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, he said, “If North Korea is found to have failed to keep all the promises it had pledged for a 45-day period (until this measure takes to reach a final conclusion), we will send it a warning of serious consequences.”