The third round of six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program should end later today with the parties expected to reach a general agreement on all controversial issues. What is interesting is that massive aid in forms of establishing and alternative energy sector in North Korea seems to play a lead role in the negotiations.
The five countries negotiating with North Korea to end its nuclear program have agreed to provide Pyongyang with alternative energy equivalent to one million tons of heavy fuel oil each year if it “disables” its nuclear facilities within the next two months, writes the South Korean newspaper Yonhap News.

The head of the Russian delegation said to the Russian Ria Novosti that Russia stands for destroying the Yongbyon nuclear reactor rather than simply closing it down because the facility would not seriously affect North Korea’s energy security:

“We support the suspension of activities [at the Yongbyon Nuclear center] as a first step, but it would be even better to dismantle it and provide North Korea with alternative energy sources instead,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov said. Link.
What kind of alternative energy sources the parties have in mind is still an uanswered question.