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U.S. urged to accept DPRK-proposed format of talks

KCNA

    Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- It is not a proper approach toward dialogue for the United States to insist that it does not opt for other proposal but multilateral talks, while refusing to respond to the DPRK-U.S. bilateral talks, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary. It goes on:
    As the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is a product of the threat resulting from the U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK, there are pending issues between the DPRK and the U.S.
    It is, therefore, necessary for the DPRK and the U.S. to sit face to face to have a frank discussion on each other's policies.
    Any format of talks will be meaningless unless the U.S. has a will to make a switchover in its policy toward the DPRK. That was why the DPRK proposed this time the format of the DPRK-U.S. talks first and multilateral talks next.
    The U.S. adamant insistence on the north's scrapping of "its nuclear program" first and the multilateral talks is aimed to increase the international pressure on the DPRK by dubbing it a "nuclear criminal" in a bid to force it to disarm itself and conquer it like Iraq.
    What the U.S. seeks is the DPRK's unilateral disarmament, not a peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, and the U.S. loudmouthed multilateral talks are designed to internationalize its hostile policy towards the DPRK.
    The U.S. is seeking a way out in refusing the DPRK-U.S. bilateral talks in a bid to evade its responsibility as a party directly concerned with the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and cover up its true colours as the chief criminal who sparked the nuclear crisis.