    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book I)]
    [June 13, 1995]
    [Page 877]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Nuclear Agreement With North Korea
    June 13, 1995

        I welcome the agreement reached between the United States and the
    Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Kuala Lumpur on key issues
    related to implementation of the US-DPRK Agreed Framework. Achieved
    through close consultation with our friends and allies in the Republic
    of Korea and Japan, the agreement keeps North Korea's dangerous nuclear
    facilities frozen and confirms that the Korean Peninsula Energy
    Development Organization (KEDO) will select the reactor model and prime
    contractor for the light-water reactor project. At the same time, KEDO
    has confirmed that both the reactor model and prime contractor will be
    South Korean.
        In addressing these and other issues, today's understandings are an
    important step on the road toward full implementation of the US-DPRK
    Agreed Framework, which provides the international community with
    assurance against a North Korean nuclear threat and North Korea with
    opportunity to rejoin the community of nations. We also continue to
    believe that the resumption of North-South dialog is essential not only
    to the full implementation of the Agreed Framework but also to the
    continuing effort to build lasting prosperity and a stable peace on the
    Korean Peninsula.