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Renouncing hostile policy a prerequisite for talks: DPRK

There is nothing new in the US offer of security guarantees and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will not join talks aimed at resolving the nuclear issue unless Washington shows willingness to abandon its hostile policy toward Pyongyang, an official DPRK newspaper said Thursday.


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There is nothing new in the US offer of security guarantees and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will not join talks aimed at resolving the nuclear issue unless Washington shows willingness to abandon its hostile policy toward Pyongyang, an official DPRK newspaper said Thursday.

Earlier this week, US president George W. Bush offered to provide multilateral security guarantees in exchange for Pyongyang ending its nuclear program, which the DPRK said were not worth "considering."

The US government is spreading false information that it has been working on a compromise plan for a peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue, the state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary.

It would be a welcome development if the United States changes its policy toward the DPRK and prepares a "new plan" for the next round of talks, the commentary said.

But unfortunately, despite its security guarantee offer, Washington still refuses to sign a non-aggression treaty with the DPRK and instead demands the DPRK abandon its nuclear program first, it said.

"Therefore, there is nothing new in the latest US move which is just empty talk," said the commentary.

The United States demands the DPRK abandon its nuclear program "irreversibly" is tantamount to the DPRK laying down weapons and subjecting itself to US aggression, the commentary said.

"There will be no peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue unless the United States changes its hostile policy toward the DPRK and signs the non-aggression treaty," the commentary added.


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