KCNA Jan 22, 2003
U.S. urged to give legal security assurances to DPRK
Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- The United States is keen to create the impression that it is deeply concerned for the solution of the nuclear issue through "dialogue" with the DPRK and "security guarantee."
In this regard Rodong Sinmun today says in a signed commentary: This is not the true intention of the U.S. but a charade.
By "dialogue" the United States does not mean a practical and productive dialogue based on equality but a meaningless dialogue devoid o any practice, a sort of "trial" at which the U.S. will question and pressurize the DPRK.
The same can be said of the U.S. clamor for "security guarantee." Insisting on its demand that North Korea scrap its "nuclear program" before dialogue, the U.S. asserts that there is the possibility of discussing the issue of "giving security guarantee" only after the DPRK lays down its arms.
The U.S. ballyhooed "dialogue" and "security guarantee" are aimed to firmly convince the international community that DPRK is to blame for the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula and to disarm the latter without fail.
The DPRK can never accept such U.S. demands.
The key to the solution of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula does not lie in the DPRK's abandonment of its "nuclear program" before dialogue.
The fair benchmark for its solution is for the United States to remove all threats to the DPRK and give it legal security assurances.
To this end it is necessary to conclude a non-aggression treaty with the United States as proposed by the DPRK. This is the key to the solution of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
As far as the dialogue between the DPRK and U.S. is concerned, it should be a practical and productive one to find a fair and peaceful solution to the pending issues between them.
If the United States truly wants dialogue with the DPRK it should have a sincere and impartial approach to it.
The United States should drop its hypocritical and improper attitude toward "dialogue" and give the DPRK legal security assurances by signing a non-aggression treaty with it. Only then is it possible to settle the nuclear issue on the Korean Penisula.
Everything depends on the U.S. attitude.
