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DPRK side responds to U.S.-proposed talks on GI remains

KCNA

    Pyongyang, July 2 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Panmunjom mission of the Korean People's Army gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA today as regards the talks on excavating remains of U.S. soldiers proposed again by the United States. Recently the U.S. proposed to resume the talks several times.
    In the past the DPRK side excavated remains of many American soldiers and handed them over to the U.S. side with all sincerity from a noble humanitarian stand.
    But the U.S. administration has pursued an extremely hostile policy toward the DPRK. as a result, the anti-U.S. sentiment of the army and the people of the DPRK and their vigilance against it have reached their height and the DPRK-U.S. relations are at the lowest ebb due to the nuclear issue, in particular.
    Such situation makes it difficult for the DPRK side to make any smooth progress in the excavation of their remains as the same is the case with all other issues between the two countries.
    But the DPRK side decided to respond to the U.S. side-proposed talks, taking into full consideration that this issue is a purely humanitarian one.
    The U.S. side should set forth appropriate and realistic ways of overcoming the obstacles to settling the issue of excavating GI remains at the talks.