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Powell Continues Trip Through Asia
Aired February 23, 2003 - 07:24 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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JONATHAN KARL, CNN ANCHOR: Colin Powell is in Beijing today, continuing his trip through Asia. Powell will be talking to Chinese officials about the North Korean nuclear dilemma and about Iraq, one day after discussing (UNINTELLIGIBLE) with the Japanese. Our Rebecca MacKinnon is on the story. She has more on what the secretary of state is trying to accomplish.
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REBECCA MACKINNON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has Japan's support for a new resolution on Iraq, giving Baghdad one final chance to comply with U.N. Resolution 144, calling on Iraq to disarm.
COLIN POWELL, SECRETARY OF STATE: Iraq is still not complying, and time is drawing to a close when the international community and the Security Council must show its relevance by insisting that Iraq disarm or that Iraq be disarmed by a coalition of forces that will go in and do it.
MACKINNON: He also had a message for a more skeptical Japanese public.
POWELL: This is right to the Japanese people, if Iraq was serious, this matter could be over in a short period of time. We would see full cooperation.
MACKINNON: Powell also said Washington and Tokyo are in full agreement when it comes to the North Korea situation. Pyongyang says it won't consider scrapping its nuclear program without one-on-one talks with Washington. But Powell insisted any talks must involve North Korea's neighbors, in order to bring about lasting change.
POWELL: You can't eat plutonium, you can't eat enriched uranium, and as long as you pursue those technologies, those who can help you grow the things that you can eat and develop an economy that will assist your people, can't help you, and so we'll have to find a way forward, and the way forward has to include all the countries in the region, and all the countries that have an interest.
MACKINNON (on camera): After Tokyo, Powell's work will be all uphill. In Beijing, he faces skepticism about Washington's policies on Iraq, and a reluctance to push North Korea too hard. And while in Seoul, he'll meet a brand new president who has said he doesn't entirely agree with Washington's tough approach to North Korea.
Rebecca MacKinnon, CNN, Tokyo.
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Aired February 23, 2003 - 07:24 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JONATHAN KARL, CNN ANCHOR: Colin Powell is in Beijing today, continuing his trip through Asia. Powell will be talking to Chinese officials about the North Korean nuclear dilemma and about Iraq, one day after discussing (UNINTELLIGIBLE) with the Japanese. Our Rebecca MacKinnon is on the story. She has more on what the secretary of state is trying to accomplish.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
REBECCA MACKINNON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has Japan's support for a new resolution on Iraq, giving Baghdad one final chance to comply with U.N. Resolution 144, calling on Iraq to disarm.
COLIN POWELL, SECRETARY OF STATE: Iraq is still not complying, and time is drawing to a close when the international community and the Security Council must show its relevance by insisting that Iraq disarm or that Iraq be disarmed by a coalition of forces that will go in and do it.
MACKINNON: He also had a message for a more skeptical Japanese public.
POWELL: This is right to the Japanese people, if Iraq was serious, this matter could be over in a short period of time. We would see full cooperation.
MACKINNON: Powell also said Washington and Tokyo are in full agreement when it comes to the North Korea situation. Pyongyang says it won't consider scrapping its nuclear program without one-on-one talks with Washington. But Powell insisted any talks must involve North Korea's neighbors, in order to bring about lasting change.
POWELL: You can't eat plutonium, you can't eat enriched uranium, and as long as you pursue those technologies, those who can help you grow the things that you can eat and develop an economy that will assist your people, can't help you, and so we'll have to find a way forward, and the way forward has to include all the countries in the region, and all the countries that have an interest.
MACKINNON (on camera): After Tokyo, Powell's work will be all uphill. In Beijing, he faces skepticism about Washington's policies on Iraq, and a reluctance to push North Korea too hard. And while in Seoul, he'll meet a brand new president who has said he doesn't entirely agree with Washington's tough approach to North Korea.
Rebecca MacKinnon, CNN, Tokyo.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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