U.S. racket for pressure on DPRK under fire
KCNA
Pyongyang, May 20 (KCNA) -- U.S. State Secretary Powell at a recent press conference talked about the multilateral nature of a solution to the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula and announced that the U.S. is planning to establish an "allied front" with Japan, South Korea, Australia and other countries and the UN to oppose the DPRK's "nuclear program."
Denouncing this, Rodong Sinmun today says in a signed commentary:
The allied front raised by the U.S. is, in essence, a dangerous attempt to lay siege to the DPRK and destroy it by allied strength in a physical way.
The U.S. moves to put international pressure on the DPRK instead of dropping its hostile policy toward the DPRK will only result in aggravating the situation. The nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula should be settled through dialogue and negotiations on the principle of equality and impartiality.
The U.S., though it clamours for a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue, actually opts for destroying the DPRK by force.
The U.S. should not take the new bold proposal advanced by the DPRK at the recent Beijing talks for the settlement of the nuclear issue for an expression of weakness. The U.S. should drop its wrong viewpoint that it may bring the DPRK to its knees only by force.
A war will be unavoidable in the Korean Peninsula if the U.S. keeps nuclear pressure on the DPRK and military threat and blackmail to it.
Whether the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula is settled or not depends on whether the U.S. takes a bold decision to drop its hostile policy toward the DPRK or not. The outstanding issues between the DPRK and the U.S. including the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula will be settled if the U.S. gives up its hostile policy toward the DPRK and takes an honest stand toward dialogue, though belatedly.
