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DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Six-Party Talks

KCNA

    Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- Six-party talks for a solution to the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. will be held in Beijing soon thanks to the former's initiative and peaceful efforts. In this regard, a spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry today released a statement, which said:
    We have already clarified several times the stand that the DPRK will not stick to any format of talks if the U.S. is ready to make a switchover in its policy towards the DPRK since it is essential for solving the nuclear issue between the two countries.
    At the recent DPRK-U.S. contacts in New York, we put forward a bold proposal for starting six-party talks in Beijing without going through an unnecessary phase and holding the bilateral talks within their framework.
    It is an expression of our utmost magnanimity as the proposal has come from the stand to solve the nuclear issue between the two countries peacefully through dialogue in any case.
    The U.S. side agreed to the DPRK-proposed six-party talks, giving up its persistent assertion that the DPRK should "scrap its nuclear program before dialogue." And it proposed to have DPRK-U.S. contacts within the framework of the talks, at which the two sides will clarify each other's stand and discuss the issue.
    We have decided to take note of this proposal of the U.S. side.
    As the multilateral talks are slated to take place as called for by the U.S. side so far, the forthcoming talks will clearly show the world community whether the U.S. has a true willingness to make a switchover in its policy towards the DPRK or not.