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U.S. Urged to Take Sincere Approach towards Nuclear Issue

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, May 25 (KCNA) -- There is an acute standoff between the DPRK and the U.S. over the nuclear issue. At a recent meeting of the working group of the six-party talks the United States stuck to its old assertion that the DPRK should scrap its nuclear program first, chilling the atmosphere of the talks and laying an obstacle in the way of settling the issue.
    Papers Tuesday say that such behavior of the U.S. makes the DPRK skeptical about whether the former has a will to seek a negotiated settlement of the nuclear issue.
    The nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula should be solved by the "action for action" formula, says Rodong Sinmun in a signed commentary. It goes on:
    The issue will find its solution if the U.S. handles it on the principle of "reward for freeze."
    It was the U.S. that brandished a nuclear stick towards the DPRK. The U.S. is, therefore, an assailant while the DPRK is its victim. If the former continues pressurizing the latter without fulfilling its commitments, it will only spark confrontation and clash.
    The DPRK will never allow an unprincipled compromise or humiliating concession as regards the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula. The U.S. should make a correct judgment and take a practical action for its settlement.
    Minju Joson in a signed commentary notes that if the U.S. truly stands for a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue, it should promptly drop its brigandish assertion and attitude and honestly approach it.