Fair settlement of nuclear issue called for
KCNA
Pyongyang, April 8 (KCNA) -- A delegate of the DPRK addressing a meeting of the UN Disarmament Committee on April 1 referred to the fact that the situation on the Korean Peninsula is so tense that a nuclear war may break out any time as the U.S.-South Korea madcap joint military exercises targeted against the DPRK were staged in South Korea, timed to coincide with the start of the Iraqi war.
He went on to say.
The U.S. has increased international pressure upon the DPRK to "scrap its nuclear development program before dialogue" painting its "nuclear issue" as a "threat" to the world. As this did not prove workable, the U.S. is trying to settle this issue by military means.
The nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is an issue to be settled between the DPRK and the U.S. in view of its origin, nature and essence.
Any attempt to meddle in this issue would not help solve the issue but, on the contrary, make its settlement difficult and complicated.
As the 13th Summit of Non-Aligned Countries clarified the stand of the NAM, the most reasonable way of settling the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is for the DPRK and the U.S., both directly responsible for the issue, to sit face to face for negotiations.
this is a strong rebuff to the unreasonable behavior of the u.s. which insists on "multilateral talks" to internationalize this issue, turning its face away from the consistent offer of the dprk to seek a negotiated settlement of the nuclear issue through the dprk-u.s. direct talks.
No threat, blackmail, pressure and sanctions can ever work on the DPRK.
The Korean people will never beg for peace afraid of a war, allowing the dignity and sovereignty of the nation to be infringed upon, and the DPRK will never sacrifice its supreme interests, yielding to pressure.
The U.S. should properly judge the self-defensive capability and the might of single-hearted unity in the DPRK.
If the U.S. ignites a nuclear war despite the DPRK's efforts for a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue, the DPRK will mercilessly punish the aggressors with the might of the Songun policy in order to defend the sovereignty and dignity of the nation.
Accusing the South Korean authorities of bringing the situation to the brink of a war, toeing the U.S. line, the delegate urged them to fairly approach the nuclear issue and strongly demand the U.S. to respond to the proposal for the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty with the DPRK, the best solution to the issue, if they truly want peace, stability and reunification on the Korean Peninsula.
