Kim Jong-il greets the Russian president at the airport 金正日在机场迎接俄总统

　　North Korea has offered to give up its controversial missile programme in return for access to foreign space technology, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
　　According to reports from Russia's Interfax news agency the offer was made during two hours of talks between Mr Putin and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
　　During the talks Mr Putin said the North Korean leader had assured him that his country's missile programme was entirely peaceful.
　　He said Mr Kim had told him that North Korea was "prepared to use exclusively the missile technology of other countries if it is offered rocket boosters for peaceful space research".

朝鲜承诺放弃导弹计划

　　据俄总统普京说，朝鲜同意放弃颇具争议的导弹发展计划，以换取国外的空间技术。

　　俄罗斯国际文传电讯社的消息说这一承诺是在普京与朝鲜领导人金正日两个小时的会谈期间做出的。

　　普京说，谈话过程中这位朝鲜领导人保证说他的国家的导弹发展完全是为了和平目的。

　　他说，金正日告诉他“如能得到太空和平探索用的火箭推进器，朝鲜准备完全采用其他国家的导弹技术。”