DPRK accuses US of having ulterior motive behind peaceful calls

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DPRK accuses US of having ulterior motive behind peaceful calls

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday accused the United States of having an ulterior motive behind its calls for dialogue and negotiation in dealing with the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.

The Minju Jason, a major DPRK newspaper, said the United States was sending into South Korea a large amount of various sophisticated combat equipment.

Though the United States was talking a lot about dialogue and negotiation, "it is the US ulterior intention to seek a military solution to the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the United States as it did in Afghanistan and Iraq," the newspaper, run by the DPRK cabinet and the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, said in a signed commentary.

The United States was re-deploying its main forces in South Korea, including its 2nd Infantry Division, to areas south to the Han River, and was working hard to turn the forces into a "Northeast Asian regional force" targeted at the DPRK and countries around the Korean Peninsula in the future, said the commentary.

"The US policy to stifle the DPRK based on its military pressure or threat would only push the situation to a catastrophic phase," the commentary warned, adding that the DPRK will take all possible measures for self-defense.

The US call for "resumption of the six-way talks" was nothing but hypocrisy and trick to cover up its intention to swallow up the DPRK by force, it added.

Although no important breakthrough was made in the first round of six-party nuclear talks, which involves China, the DPRK, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States, in August 2003, all participants agreed to continue the multilateral negotiations.

The DPRK has expressed its willingness to hold a next round talks.

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