U.S. Urged Not to Chill Atmosphere of Talks
KCNA
Pyongyang, November 18 (KCNA) -- The recent military moves of the United States around the Korean peninsula are very disturbing. This is a very alarming provocative act to chill the atmosphere of the six-way talks and an indecent action on the part of dialogue partner bereft of any common sense and good faith. Rodong Sinmun says this in a signed commentary today.
The commentary goes on: The Bush bellicose group is contemplating about the deployment of more than 100 tactical ground to ground missiles with a firing range of 300 km in south Korea and staging a joint naval maneuvre with Japan. And Bush in a lecture malignantly pulled up the DPRK over its "human rights issue."
The DPRK recently manifested its readiness to participate in the six-way talks if they prove to be a process of realizing the proposal for package solution based on the principle of simultaneous actions. This principled stand proceeded from its expectation that it would be possible to build confidence and secure a groundwork of co-existence when the DPRK and the U.S. settle issues one by one on the principle of simultaneous actions. It is the elementary sense of obligation for dialogue partners to reciprocate good faith each other.
The recent moves of the U.S. make the DPRK doubt as to whether the U.S. will come out to the talks with a will to make a switchover in its policy towards the DPRK and co-exist with it in peace and whether the latter will be able to expect any positive results from the talks.
The U.S. should not misinterpret the magnanimity and good faith of the DPRK government as a sign of weakness. There is a limit to its tolerance and patience. The U.S. would be well advised to behave itself, mindful of the consequences to be entailed by its provocative acts.
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