KCNA on U.S. contradictory assertion about "direct dialogue"
KCNA
Pyongyang, February 11 (KCNA) -- The United States is going to have direct talks with North Korea to discuss Pyongyang's suspected nuclear weapons program but we do not want the nuclear issue to become simply a problem to the U.S. and North Korea. U.S. deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was reported to have said on Feb. 4 in a hearing before the U.S. senate foreign relations committee.
After his remarks some media claimed that the U.S. policy and stand toward the DPRK have changed, saying it proposed "direct dialogue," "direct talks to the DPRK" and "there is no doubt in starting dialogue."
But a scrutiny of the U.S. stand and attitude after his remarks shows that the U.S. proposed "direct dialogue" is nothing but a broad hoax.
There is nothing new in Amitage's proposal for "direct dialogue". It is a version of the U.S. present stand, ie, the stance that "the DPRK should scrap its nuclear program before dialogue" and "the U.S. can talk to North Korea but will not negotiate with it" and insistence on "multilateral talks" to internationalize the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
Armitage told nonsense that the DPRK's "plan to develop weapons of mass destruction and their delivery means" poses a threat to the interests of the U.S. and the U.S. army and becomes a "main obstacle" to the DPRK-U.S. relations. In this regard the DPRK has already declared more than once that if the Bush administration committed itself to respect the sovereignty of the DPRK and not to threaten its right to existence through the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty, the DPRK would clear the U.S. of its security concerns.
In the hearing a senator asked Armitage why the U.S. does not want to conclude a non-aggression treaty if it has "no intention to attack North Korea". When Armitage answered there is a zero chance of a proposed treaty gaining senate ratification, the senator sarcastically said that the atmosphere of the senate would completely change if Bush stood for the conclusion of the non-aggression treaty.
This clearly proves that the bush administration turns away from the proposal to conclude the non-aggression treaty as it aims to invade the DPRK.
The U.S., is keen to shift the responsibility for the crisis onto the DPRK raising a hue and cry over the "threat" and ducking the DPRK's proposal. But historical facts prove that it is the DPRK, not the U.S., that is exposed to a threat and the present situation reinforces this truth.
After deploying aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk in the waters off the Korean Peninsula the U.S. has recently threatened that it would additionally dispatch another aircraft carrier there.
And it is becoming reckless in increasing its threat of war to the DPRK as evidenced by its measures to bolster its air force presence including "B-52" strategic bombers and put them on alert and place its 7th air force in a semi-war state.
What should not be overlooked is that U.S. President Bush openly hinted at the U.S. plan for a preemptive attack on the DPRK on February 7 by saying that "all options to settle the nuclear issue are on the table".
This self-exposed that Armitage's remarks about the U.S.-proposed "dialogue" is a political propaganda to mislead the world public and little short of disclosing the U.S. hostile intention to topple the DPRK's system by all means.
If the Bush administration persistently insists on its anachronistic stand, misjudging the DPRK's stand to settle the issue through dialogue and negotiations, and seeks to destroy the system in the DPRK, it will compel the DPRK to use every possible means to defend its system.
The DPRK is ready for both dialogue and confrontation.
The people's army and people of the DPRK will maintain high vigilance against the U.S. additional deployment of huge aggression forces in and around the Korean Peninsula and keep themselves fully ready to go into action.
