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N Korea FM doubts expediency of continued talks on nuke problem

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tokyo, Oct 5, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- North Korean Foreign Ministry 
questioned the expediency of continued six-sided settlement of the 
situation around the Pyongyang nuclear problem involving both Koreas, 
the United States, Russia, China and Japan. 
A representative of the republic`s Foreign Ministry denounced the 
recent draft law on human rights in North Korea adopted by the US 
Senate estimating it as US attempts to overthrow the legitimate 
government in Pyongyang. 
"US efforts to destroy the socialist regime in North Korea are 
unreasonable and therefore made talks on the nuclear problem 
settlement senseless," the diplomat emphasized. 
According to him, "North Korea has another way out as to build up 
deterrence forces to confront the US." 
Three rounds of six-party talks did not yield concrete results, 
though the positions of the sides were approaching a little bit. The 
fourth round of talks should have begun in Beijing by the end of 
September, but did not take place as North Korea, which accused the US
of hostile policy against Pyongyang, did not agree to it. 
For its part, the Bush administration said North Korea was the 
only side to blame for the talks not to resume and reiterated that the
US does see a real alternative to them. 
Observers are confident that Pyongyang is waiting for the results 
of the upcoming presidential election in the US in November, as 
candidate from the Democratic Party John Kerry comes out in favor of 
direct bilateral talks between the US and North Korea on what 
Pyongyang persistently insisted. 
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