KCNA on only solution to nuclear issue of Korean Peninsula
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 22 (KCNA) -- Nearly five months have passed since a spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry issued a statement containing a proposal for settling the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula through conclusion of a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the United States.
After the publication of the statement on October 25 last year political and public figures of the world have demanded the U.S. accede to DPRK-U.S. direct dialogue at an early date, positively supporting the DPRK proposal as a most principled and realistic one for the settlement of the nuclear issue.
Furthermore, congress, and political figures and the press of the U.S. are asserting that there is no other way than direct talks if the U.S. administration is to resolve the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful way.
The mandarins of the bush administration, however, are insisting on "multilateral talks" only despite strong demand of the international community that they come out to the DPRK-U.S. direct talks with the political intention to give up their hostile policy toward the DPRK.
Their insistence is no more than a subterfuge to avoid the practical settlement of the issue in defiance of the demand of the international community, while pattering that the issue of the Korean Peninsula should be certainly solved in a peaceful way as it is a "serious international issue" concerning peace and security in the Korean Peninsula as well as East Asia and the rest of the world.
If the U.S. is really willing to settle the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula for world peace and security as it advertises to the international community, it should accede to the DPRK-U.S. direct talks as soon as possible. This is the only way of settling the issue.
