Pakistan NewsN.Korean nuclear declaration coming soon: Rice

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said North Korea will soon produce its long-overdue declaration of its nuclear programs and activities. Rice defended Bush administration policy on the North Korea nuclear issue in an address to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington research organization. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaking at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, 18 Jun 2008 Rice did not cite reasons for her optimism, but said she expects the declaration to be handed over to the Chinese sponsors of the six-party talks soon, and that the United States will respond by moving to take North Korea off its list of state sponsors of terrorism and dropping related sanctions.