美国国防访问朝鲜半岛非军事区

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program during a visit Sunday to the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas.

Carter traveled to the DMZ from Seoul and walked up to Observation Post Ouellete, the closest point where South Korea\'s side of the DMZ meets with the North\'s.

Pyongyang abandoned negotiations on its nuclear program in 2009 conducted with five other nations, including China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Carter said Washington remains committed to the negotiations, and called on the communist country to return to the talks.

"They should be on a path of doing less, and ultimately zero, in the nuclear field," Carter told reporters.

Carter will attend a joint U.S.- South Korea security meeting in Seoul later Sunday.

卡特从首尔前往非军事区，并走到一个最靠近北朝鲜一方的韦莱特观察哨。

平壤在2009年放弃了有关它的核项目的谈判。参加谈判的除了平壤之外，还包括中国、日本、俄罗斯、韩国和美国。卡特说，华盛顿依然致力于谈判，并呼吁平壤返回谈判。

他对记者说，“朝鲜应当减少并最终终止其核项目。”

卡特星期天晚些时候将在首尔参加美韩双方联合安全会议。