"I mean,he hands over 80 percent of his low-enriched uranium: that means for the next 13 months he will not be able to go down that path, meaning that he will lose a lot of leverage with the West,"

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It's gone down a path towards maturation that's very difficult to go back up.

它在分化成熟的道路上越走越远,覆水难收了

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