| Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Thursday, November 15, 2001 |
DPRK: S. Korea Is to Blame for Failure of Ministerial Talks |
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The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) explicitly stated that the south side was entirely to blame for the failure to implement the points agreed upon between both sides at the previous ministerial talks and the strained inter-Korean relations.
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The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday that the 6th inter-Korean ministerial talks which were opened on Mt. Kumgang amid great concern and expectation of all compatriots were closed Wednesday. The north side explicitly stated that the south side was entirely to blame for the failure to implement the points agreed upon between both sides at the previous ministerial talks and the strained inter-Korean relations. It took the initiative of proposing reasonable and practical measures to break the deadlock and the draft joint press release. The north side patiently waited for the south side to show a sincere attitude, even extending the time of the talks for two days in the hope of reaching an agreement between the two sides but no success was achieved at the talks because of the south side's adamant wrong attitude.
The south side came out to the negotiating table without any preparation, utterly indifferent to of the implementation of the north-south joint declaration and the settlement of the issues raised and simply admitted the fact that it provoked the north through the unilateral declaration of military alert and arms buildup, etc.
The head of the north side stated that the south side will be wholly responsible before the history and the nation for having strained the situation and laid a stumbling block in the way of developing the north-south relations and implementing the historic north-south joint declaration by derailing the talks despite the north side's sincere and positive efforts and magnanimity.
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