Russia is denying a report claiming it
offer to provide North Korea with a
nuclear power plant if the North
abandons its nuclear weapons and
ballistic missiles the Washington Post
had reported on Wednesday that Russia
may be offer last fall in an attempt to
break the stalemate and nuclear
negotiations between Pyongyang and
Washington but the Russian ambassador to
North Korea Aleksandr Matt Segura told
Russia's toss news agency later
Wednesday that Russia has never made
such a proposal and the building and
maintaining a nuclear plant would cost
far too much
he also said North Korea would not be
able to maintain the plant
