"Our intention is to allow inspection of any facility we have."
It will now allow routine international inspections of its nuclear sites.
The strategic arms treaty will require each side to allow inspections of any site, not just those in a list.
In addition, the hijackers had cut another hole all the way through the door, to allow inspection from outside.
"We believe that they need to provide the documents to allow inspection before this comprehensive review can go forward."
The United States will need to allow inspections by the agency as well.
This gave way to alarm when that country refused to allow full inspection of nuclear sites.
But Pyongyang is still refusing to allow inspection of the two sites.
But it had refused to allow full inspections of those sites, the best way to prevent diversion.
The North Koreans have said they will not allow such inspections.