In September 2005, it fleetingly appeared that the talks had led North Korea to agree to forgo its nuclear program in exchange for security guarantees and removal of sanctions. But the agreement soon collapsed, and North Korea refused to return to the talks until the United States stopped shutting down bank accounts suspected of counterfeiting and laundering money for Kim’s regime.
事情到了2005年5月似乎有了一丝转机，朝鲜可能同意以放弃核项目为代价换取安全保证和解除制裁。但协议却最终破裂了，而朝鲜声称除非美国将那些涉嫌为金正日政权伪造货币或洗钱的银行账户解冻，否则它就不会回到六方会谈。