the preferred choice is for north koreans to say we re going to meet our previous commitments. we re going to engage in a irreversible path towards denuclear saigs fchl they re willing to take those steps, then you will see a south korea, a united states and international community that can give them substantial assistance to help develop their countries and improve their security over the long term. now, president lee had and i have discussed this extensively. our belief is that there will be a appropriate time and place to reenter into six-party talks but we have to see a seriousness of purpose by the north koreans. in order to spend the