PYONGYANG, North Korea (CNN) -- North Korea handed over its long-awaited nuclear program declaration to officials from China on Thursday. Workers remove fuel rods on the reactor floor at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility this year. President Bush, who once branded North Korea as part of an "axis of evil," welcomed the move and said he intends to remove the communist nation from the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism. "The declaration says: 'We are not now engaged in any [uranium] enrichment activities or [nuclear] proliferation activities and will not engage in them in the future,'" U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said in Washington.
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North Korea gives documents on nuclear activities to Chinese officials
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President Bush welcomes decision, warns North Korea still has work to do
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North Korea expected to continue preparations to dismantle a nuclear reactor
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Bush says he'll remove North Korea from list of state sponsors of terrorism
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