U.S. statement welcomed the release of U.S. citizens detained by North Korea
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 Xinhua (AP Jiang Guopeng) 27, the U.S. State Department issued a statement, welcomed the detention of American citizens by North Korea to return Gomez released.
State Department spokesman Crowley said in a statement on former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's humanitarian efforts that gratitude to the Korean American citizens, especially the amnesty and allowed to welcome him home.
Crowley said that Carter's visit is a private, humanitarian and non-official activities, this home is the American citizen with the sole purpose of the visit. He said that Carter's visit is the invitation of the Government of Korea, the U.S. government did not offer or arrange the visit.
Carter arrived in Pyongyang on the 25th, and with the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, chairman of the Standing Committee had a conversation with this 〃 special trip to Pyongyang primarily to facilitate the release of Gomes. Gomes in January were illegal immigrants sentenced to eight years in prison for the Korean judicial authorities, in addition to a 70 million Korean won (about 700,000 U.S. dollars) fine.
the Jimmy Carter to Pyongyang is also the former President of the United States since last year, the second "life-saving journey." Last year in August, former U.S. President Bill Clinton to visit Pyongyang for talks with Kim Jong Il, took away the illegal immigrants were sentenced to 12 years in prison for two American journalists.
