Roh, Bush Exchange Views on DPRK Nuclear Issue

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Roh, Bush Exchange Views on DPRK Nuclear Issue

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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and US President George W. Bush exchanged views on the settlement of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear issue during a telephone conversation Thursday evening.

According to a news release of the Blue House, the South Korean Presidential Office, Roh and Bush reaffirmed that Pyongyang must scrape its nuclear program through "complete, irreversible and verifiable manner."

Moreover, the two leaders believed "multilateral talks" can help concerning parties find the threads of the settlement of the nuclear issue. They vowed to try hard for an opening of multilateral meeting.

Since the nuclear issue surfaced late last year, Pyongyang has insisted on a bilateral one-on-one talks with Washington to deal with the nuclear issue. But Washington has showed no interest in such proposal, and stressed nuclear issue should be solved in a multilateral format.

China hosted a tripartite talks attended by the DPRK, the United States and China in April in Beijing.

The 15-minute telephone conversation was made at the request ofthe US side, according to the Blue House.

It was the fourth telephone conversation between the two leaders since Roh took office in February.

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