VIENNA (Reuters) - Olli Heinonen, chief inspector of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog, set out for North Korea on Sunday to agree details on the return of IAEA inspectors to monitor Pyongyang's promised atomic shutdown.
"The purpose of the trip is now to go to negotiate details on behalf of the IAEA on verification of the monitoring and closing down of the Yongbyon facility," Heinonen, deputy director in charge of global nuclear safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told reporters at Vienna's international airport.