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Spokesman for DPRK FM on U.S.-Proposed Written Assurances of Non-Aggression

KCNA

    Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry today gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA as regards the U.S. recent expression of its intention to provide the DPRK with written assurances of non-aggression: We have maintained the consistent stand to settle the nuclear issue on the principle of simultaneous actions after advancing a proposal for a package solution whose ultimate goal is to realize the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
    The fairest way of ultimately seeking a peaceful solution to the nuclear problem is to build confidence through simultaneous actions now that the DPRK and the U.S. are in the hostile relationship due to the more than half a century-long extreme mistrust and confrontation between the two sides.
    The nuclear issue between the two countries will be settled simply if the DPRK's proposal for a package solution based on the principle of simultaneous actions is realized.
    Simple and clear is our request.
    What we want is for both sides to drop guns and establish normal state relationship to co-exist peacefully.
    The unilateral demand that one of the two belligerent parties forces the other party to drop guns and come out first with its hands up can never be met.
    President Bush was reported to have proposed to resume the six-way talks when the recent APEC summit was under way in Thailand, saying that he can provide the DPRK with written assurances of non-aggression.
    We are ready to consider Bush's remarks on the "written assurances of non-aggression" if they are based on the intention to co-exist with the DPRK and aimed to play a positive role in realizing the proposal for a package solution on the principle of simultaneous actions.
    This stance is prompted by the expectation that the DPRK and the U.S. can build confidence and lay a foundation of co-existence in the course of solving issues one after another on the principle of simultaneous actions.
    We have already informed the U.S. side of it through the channel of New York contact and are now in the process of ascertaining the real intention of the U.S.
    The U.S. side reiterated its stance to attach importance to the New York contact and pursue it.
    It is premature to talk about the six-way talks under the present situation unless the will to accept the principle of simultaneous actions is confirmed.