It added that the US should also seek a DPRK commitment to stop exporting missile technology. There's going to be a very steep learning curve for them. North Korea, in this region, has been a problem, remains a problem. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a clear outreach choice. But there is still a long way to go in what they're prepared to put into the pipeline.
Diplomatic relations carry no conditions.
We're not carrying banners and bunting. He added that the assistance would not be on a very large scale. He said that since 1995, the EU has provided about EUR180 million in humanitarian assistance to the DPRK and is considering a further EUR20 million of aid, mainly for agriculture. We will consider what would be the most appropriate measure in this regard. A spokesman for the government agency denied that the move has any direct relation to these complaints in Japan, saying that it is part of a government program to work out a foreign-aid plan specifically for each recipient country and also to help form a basic policy of Japan's official aid to the PRC in the new century.