US official: North Korea to allow in IAEA inspectors
North Korea will allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into the country to ensure that it is not processing highly enriched uranium, US troubleshooter Bill Richardson said on Tuesday.
Any move to let IAEA staff return to North Korea, from where they were expelled in 2009, may help address mounting international concern about the North's atomic aims, even though there is scepticism about its motivations and whether it would grant the UN agency access to nuclear facilities. (Reuters)
