North Korea has denounced the investigation as a "sinister" plot by foes of reconciliation and has threatened to cancel inter-Korean projects, including completion of road and rail connections, if the South does not call it off.
In Parliament, he promised to increase economic cooperation with Beijing, including the completion of road and rail links between the Pakistani ports of Gwadar and Karachi, on the Arabian Sea, and the landlocked cities of western China.
Completion of road works causing hold-ups between the A55 and A483 on the Chester-Wrexham border have been put back again.
Completion of "Road to Independence" unlocks the newly formed United States for use in a shorter, later version of the full campaign.
Mr Kasongo adds that the government will set tough deadlines for the completion of the roads and railways to be built under the ore-for-infrastructure deals, the details of which are still being negotiated.
In 2013, tenders will be announced for the Marki ring road, as well as for the completion of S7 road between Gdańsk and Warsaw, and for the S19 road between Rzeszów and Lublin.
The other would allow completion of a road project abandoned in the 1960's because of environmental concerns.
In Washington, President Bush issued a statement saying completion of the road "underscores the firm commitment of the United States and coalition to support the Afghan people as they build a democratic, stable and thriving Afghanistan".
Indian development assistance included completion of a road in southwestern Afghanistan linking Kabul with the Iranian port of Chah Bahar, which would enable India to reach Afghanistan and Central Asia by land.
In the ongoing war on terrorism, one bright spot for the administration was the continued firming up of the security situation in Iraq and the completion of a road map for ending U.S. combat operations there.
