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DPRK Remains Unchanged in Its Stand to Seek Negotiated Solution to Nuclear Issue

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, December 4 (KCNA)--A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK Saturday gave the following answer to the question put by KCNA as regards the recent DPRK visit of the ambassador of the Foreign Ministry of China in charge of the Korean Peninsula issue and the DPRK-U.S. contact in New York: The ambassador of the Foreign Ministry of China in charge of the Korean Peninsula issue visited Pyongyang from Nov. 24 to 27 during which he had an in-depth exchange of views with officials concerned of the DPRK Foreign Ministry on the issue of the six-party talks.
    In the meantime, DPRK-U.S. contacts took place in New York on Nov. 30 and Dec. 3.
    On these occasions we reclarified our stand on the resumption of the six-party talks.
    We remain unchanged in our stand to seek a negotiated solution to the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S.
    Our intention is, therefore, to promote the process of the talks in such a way that they can substantially contribute to the denuclearization of the peninsula.
    The process of the talks came to a deadlock not because we waited for the outcome of the U.S. presidential election or sought talks with the U.S. only. The stalemate was attributable to the fact that the present U.S. administration destroyed the groundwork of the talks, reneging on the agreement reached at the third round of the talks, and ,furthermore, has become extremely undisguised in its hostile acts to bring down our system, completely disregarding the DPRK, its dialogue partner and the main party concerned.
    There should be necessary conditions and environment for the resumption of the talks.
    What is essential for this is for the U.S. to drop its hostile policy aimed at bringing down the system in the DPRK, its dialogue partner, and express its willingness to co-exist with it.
    This is our consistent stand.
    Our analysis of the results of the contact in New York prompts us to judge that the U.S. side showed no willingness to change its policy toward us and intends to use the six-party talks as a leverage for forcing us to dismantle all our nuclear programs including the nuclear development for a peaceful purpose first.
    The six-party talks are not meant for maintaining their form but will carry real significance only when the talks produce substantial results. Under this situation it is clear that the six-party talks will not produce any results. We are not impatient as regards the issue of the resumption of the talks nor would we like to make a hasty final conclusion.
    As the second Bush administration has not yet emerged, we would like to wait a bit longer to follow with patience what a policy it will shape.
    It will be good if the U.S. accepts our demand for a switchover in its Korea policy. If not, that will do, either.
    The U.S. will be grossly mistaken if it thinks we entertain any expectation for its new administration to be formed.
    We will keep to the road chosen by us on our principle and take a corresponding measure.