美國國防部長卡特訪問朝鮮半島非軍事區
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program during a visit Sunday to the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas.
美國國防部長卡特呼籲朝鮮放棄其核武器項目。他在星期天訪問了分割朝鮮和韓國的非軍事區。
Carter traveled to the DMZ from Seoul and walked up to Observation Post Ouellete, the closest point where South Korea's side of the DMZ meets with the North's.
卡特從首爾前往非軍事區，並走到一個最靠近北朝鮮一方的韋萊特觀察哨。
Pyongyang abandoned negotiations on its nuclear program in 2009 conducted with five other nations, including China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Carter said Washington remains committed to the negotiations, and called on the communist country to return to the talks.
平壤在2009年放棄了有關它的核項目的談判。參加談判的除了平壤之外，還包括中國、日本、俄羅斯、韓國和美國。卡特說，華盛頓依然致力於談判，並呼籲平壤返回談判。
"They should be on a path of doing less, and ultimately zero, in the nuclear field," Carter told reporters.
他對記者說，“朝鮮應當減少並最終終止其核項目。”
Carter will attend a joint U.S.- South Korea security meeting in Seoul later Sunday.
