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Spokesman for DPRK FM. Refers to Issue of Participation in 5th Six-Party Talks

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, October 24 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry Monday gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA as regards the issue of participating in the 5th six-party talks: It is our consistent and invariable stand to realize the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through dialogue.
    We will, therefore, go to the 5th six-party talks at the date to be agreed upon early in November as the six parties had committed themselves to do so. This reflects our sincere stand to respect and faithfully abide by the principles agreed upon in the Beijing Joint Statement.
    The United States, however, has been careless in its words and deeds quiet contrary to the spirit of the statement in a little over one month since the publication of the statement.
    This makes us doubt the U.S. will to implement the statement.
    The U.S., in violation of the principle of simultaneous action agreed upon among the six parties, is again demanding the DPRK abandon its nuclear program first on the basis of CVID. It is staging a noisy campaign to pressurize the DPRK, bringing utterly groundless charges such as "human rights issue" and "illegal deal" against it.
    These moves of the U.S. are rendering the joint statement, a co-product of the six parties, invalid.
    We will hold the U.S. accountable for this situation much more deplorable than what was before the publication of the statement and keep tabs on this at the forthcoming talks.