DPRK-U.S. negotiations based on equality and confidence called for
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 18 (KCNA) -- The United States should have a proper stand and approach toward the DPRK-U.S. direct talks, well aware of the importance of the talks and the impact they will have on the efforts to ensure world peace and security and the development of the international situation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary.
It goes on:
If the DPRK and the United States are to sit face to face for negotiations it is necessary to create an atmosphere for them.
What is most important for this is that the U.S. should drop its hostile policy toward the DPRK.
The military drill launched by the United States is incompatible with dialogue.
Such saber-rattling of the U.S. only stokes confrontation between the DPRK and the U.S.
The nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is a very acute and crucial matter related to who beats whom. Therefore, there can be no unilateral concession and compromise under anyone's pressure.
This issue can be settled only through the DPRK-U.S. direct negotiations strictly based on the principle of impartiality, equality and confidence.
How the U.S. will approach the direct talks with the DPRK is a yardstick telling whether it is willing to settle the nuclear issue or not and showing its stand and attitude toward war and peace.
There is no change in our principled stand to settle the pending issues between the DPRK and U.S. through direct talks and the DPRK is working hard to that end. The direct talks and the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the U.S. serve as the master key to settling the sensitive pending issues between them.
The ball is in the U.S. court, not in the DPRK's court.
