Washington: The United States would continue to evaluate the activities of North Korea with regard to those related to terrorism, a top administration official said on Thursday.
"The President has submitted a report to Congress examining if North Korea meets the statutory criteria for designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, as required in the Defence Authorisation Act of 2010," Assistant Secretary of State of Public Affairs PJ Crowley said.
"After careful review, the report states that the DPRK does not meet the statutory criteria to again be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.”
“But obviously, this is something that we will continue to carefully evaluate going forward," Crowley told reporters at his daily press briefing.
In a memorandum to the Congress sent on Wednesday, Obama concluded that North Korea "does not meet the statutory criteria to again be designated as a State sponsor of terrorism".
The previous Bush administration had removed Pyongyang from such a list in return for progress on declaring the extent of its nuclear activities in 2008.
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