DPRK Warns US against Taking Nuclear Issue to UN

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DPRK Warns US against Taking Nuclear Issue to UN

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned on Saturday that any attempt by the United States to take the nuclear issue to the UN Security Council would "hamstring" all the efforts of the DPRK for dialogue.

"The US intention to bring up the nuclear issue on the peninsula for the discussion at the United Nations at any cost is a grave criminal act to hamstring all the efforts of the DPRK for dialogue and escalate the tensions on the peninsula," the officialKorean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary.

US Undersecretary of State John Bolton said Tuesday in South Korea that the nuclear issue of the DPRK should be discussed at the UN Security Council, which indicates that the United States istrying to abuse the United Nations and build increasing international pressure upon the DPRK in a bid to isolate and suffocate it, the commentary said.

"Any move to discuss the nuclear issue at the UN Security Council is little short of a prelude to a war," it said.

The commentary reiterated that the origin of the nuclear issue is the nuclear threat by the United States to the DPRK in violation of the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement, the DPRK-US Agreed Framework and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

It warned the DPRK will take strong self-defensive measures if the nuclear issue is partially handled at the United Nations underthe pressure of the United States.

The DPRK agreed on Friday to hold six-party talks on solution to the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula.

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