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Disarmament DocumentationBack to Disarmament Documentation 'If The US Is Ready To Make A Bold Switchover...The DPRK Will Not Stick To Any Particular Dialogue Format': Remarks by North Korean Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, April 12Remarks by unnamed North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson, April 12. In order to seek a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue, the DPRK and the United States - the parties responsible for it - should start direct talks. As the DPRK is not a signatory to the NPT, there is no ground whatsoever to internationalise the nuclear issue, and any attempt to do so would make its solution quite impossible. The outcome of the meeting of the UNSC held on April 9 clearly indicated that the nuclear issue is a matter to be settled between the DPRK and the US. The DPRK's call for direct talks is aimed to confirm whether the US has a political willingness to drop its hostile policy towards the DPRK or not. It is possible to solve the issue if the US sincerely approaches the dialogue. The US asserts [the need for] a 'multilateral framework, to be participated in by countries around the DPRK, but their Korea policy and stand of desiring a peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue are clear, by and large. What matters is the US. If the US is ready to make a bold switchover in its Korea policy for a settlement of the nuclear issue, the DPRK will not stick to any particular dialogue format. The solution to the issue depends on what is the real intention of the US. Source: Spokesman for DPRK Foreign Ministry on Peaceful Solution To Nuclear Issue, Korean Central News Agency (http://www.kcna.co.jp), April 12. © 2003 The Acronym Institute. |