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KCNA on DPRK-U.S. Talks

KCNA

    Pyongyang, August 5 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement released on August 1 referred to the DPRK's new proposal for starting the six-party talks and holding the bilateral talks within their framework to discuss the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. It is a reflection of the DPRK's sincere and patient efforts to peacefully settle the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. through dialogue at any cost.
    It is gratifying that the countries concerned and the world public unanimously welcomed the DPRK's principled and fair proposal.
    The U.S. has deliberately sidestepped a peaceful negotiated settlement of the issue while insisting on the absurd assertion that "north Korea should scrap its nuclear program before dialogue" and raising such secondary issues as format of dialogue.
    This created a serious hurdle in the way of settling the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula and pushed the nuclear stand-off between the DPRK and the U.S. to an extreme pitch of tension. As a result, the situation has led to such a dangerous phase that a war may break out any moment.
    A new format of dialogue has been decided upon thanks to the DPRK's magnanimity and bold decision to remove the danger of a war from the Korean peninsula and peacefully settle the nuclear issue. So, everything depends on the U.S. attitude.
    As already known, what is essential for settling the DPRK-U.S. nuclear issue, a product of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK, is whether the U.S. has a bold intention to make a switchover in its policy to stifle the DPRK and a firm political will to prove it in practice.
    A fundamental settlement of the nuclear issue would be unthinkable without the U.S. switchover in its policy toward the DPRK.
    Regretfully, our analysis of the U.S. attitude showed that it has only escalated its diplomatic attempts to form an "international alliance" for pressure and blockade against the DPRK and military moves for a preemptive attack on it, instead of making sincere efforts to solve the issue.
    Persistent efforts of the U.S. to escalate its hostile policy toward the DPRK would only stoke the DPRK's distrust and resistance against the U.S. then the DPRK-U.S. nuclear issue will never find a solution even if talks are held.
    The U.S. launched an unjust war of aggression against Iraq, defying the unanimous protest and opposition of the international community, disregarding the un and grossly violating the universally recognized international law. This offered a convincing proof that the DPRK was entirely right when it has increased its self-reliant defence power under the great banner of Songun.
    A long dream predicts an unlucky thing.
    The U.S. should drop its delusion based on self-righteousness and arrogance at an early date and face up to the reality. How to open talks, how they will discuss issues and what results they will achieve will entirely depend on the U.S. attitude.
    Whether the U.S. drops its hostile policy toward the DPRK or not will be a touchstone deciding on the outcome of the talks.
    The ball is in the U.S. court.
    The DPRK will closely follow the U.S. attitude before the talks.