理查森敦促平壤停止武器試驗和擴大互聯網使用

A private delegation of Google executives and other U.S. leaders touring North Korea says it is urging Pyongyang to halt its weapons program and allow for expanded use of the Internet and cell phones.

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who is leading the delegation, told the Associated Press on Wednesday the group has also been pushing for the fair treatment of a U.S. citizen detained in this communist country.

Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for a four-day visit they have described as "humanitarian."

The U.S. State Department has criticized the trip, calling its timing "unhelpful."由谷歌高管和其他美國重要人士組成的私人代表團在訪問朝鮮期間表示，他們敦促平壤停止其武器項目以及允許擴大其公民對互聯網和手機的使用。

代表團團長、前美國新墨西哥州州長理查森星期三對美聯社說，該代表團還敦促平壤公平對待一名被這個共黨國家拘留的美國公民。

曾經擔任美國常駐聯合國代表的理查森和谷歌總裁施密特星期一抵達平壤，對朝鮮進行爲期四天的訪問，他們將此行稱爲“人道主義”訪問。

美國國務院對這次訪問提出批評，認爲訪問的時機對事態沒有任何幫助。