Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, August 13, 2003
DPRK Reiterates Demand for Non-aggression Treaty with US
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reiterated on Wednesday its demand for the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty with the United States.
Pyongyang is to stick to its stand in the upcoming six-party talks that a non-aggression treaty which demonstrates the US "switchover in its hostile policy" toward the DPRK is the only way to resolve the nuclear crisis, the DPRK Foreign Ministry said in astatement.
The DPRK rejects any "earlier inspection" of its nuclear program before the abolition of US hostile policy toward Pyongyang,the statement also said.