Senior U.S. officials' remarks refuted
KCNA
Pyongyang, February 22 (KCNA) -- U.S. Secretary of State, Powell addressing a recent meeting in the U.S., claimed that the issue of the DPRK is not an issue merely concerned with the United States.
Earlier, John Wolf, assistant secretary of state in charge of non-nuclear proliferation, said, when interviewed by Itar-Tass, that the problem is that North Korea backpedaled its commitment made to the world community.
In this regard Rodong Sinmun today says in a commentary:
It is preposterous, indeed, for the U.S. conservative hardliners to describe the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula as an issue to be settled between the DPRK and the world community.
Lurking behind their remarks is the U.S. intention to evade its responsibility for the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula at any cost under the pretext of the DPRK's "threat to the world community" and create an atmosphere of international pressure upon Pyongyang in a bid to isolate and stifle the DPRK.
The nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is a product of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK. In other words, it emerged as the united states has posed a constant threat to the DPRK with nukes after massively stockpiling and forward-deploying such weapons in and around South Korea. Therefore, the issue should be settled between the DPRK and the U.S. without fail.
The U.S. should respond to the dialogue with the DPRK to conclude a non-aggression treaty with the latter instead of insisting on its bid to internationalize the issue that should be settled between the two countries and making it complicated.
This will be beneficial to the u.s. itself and world peace and security.
The United States is well advised to properly understand the DPRK's stand, face up to the present situation and act with reason.
