DPRK Slams US for Turning Down Proposal on Non-aggression Treaty

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DPRK Slams US for Turning Down Proposal on Non-aggression Treaty

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed the United States for persistently turning down its proposal on signing a non-aggression treaty to find a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday.

A spokesman for the DPRK foreign ministry accused Tuesday in a statement the United States of pushing the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the phase of confrontation by ignoring the proposal, the KCNA said.

He said the United States was insisting on its strange assertion that it could not respond to the DPRK-US talks as they meant a sort of reward to the DPRK despite the unanimous opinion of the international community that direct talks between the two sides should take place to find a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue.

The DPRK recommended signing a non-aggression treaty for the purpose of removing the military threat posed by the United States to the DPRK, not for getting anything, the spokesman stressed.

He argued that the emerged nuclear issue and the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula were brought about by the US military threat.

The system of the DPRK could not be destabilized or toppled in face of temporary difficulties, and there was no need for the DPRK to threaten somebody in order to get something or to have its system guaranteed by somebody, he added.

The DPRK has condemned the United States for sparking off the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula by suspending its oil supply to the DPRK agreed in the 1994 accord.

After the halt of US oil supply, the DPRK expelled inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and removed seals and monitoring cameras from the nuclear facilities last December, and eventually pull out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The IAEA Board of Governors voted last week to refer the DPRK nuclear issue to the United Nations Security Council, setting in motion a process that could lead to sanctions against the country.

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