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North Korea Lambasts US Ahead Of Nuclear Talks
Beijing (AFP) Jul 24, 2005 North Korea has lashed out at the United States for "reckless remarks" accusing Pyongyang of threatening regional stability, days before the two meet to discuss the Stalinist state's nuclear programme. The comments came as Christopher Hill, US assistant secretary of state for East Asia-Pacific affairs, was due to arrive in Beijing for talks starting on Tuesday aimed at scrapping the North's weapons programme. The North's statement was in reaction to comments by James A. Leach, chairman of US House of Representatives' subcommittee on Asia and Pacific, on July 14 accusing North Korea of threatening stability in Northeast Asia. "His utterances betray the US intention to brand the DPRK (North Korea) as a 'nuclear criminal' in a bid to put international 'pressure' upon it," said the official Korean Central News Agency late Saturday. "It is a wrong action contrary to an atmosphere of dialogue for the US to point an accusing finger at its dialogue partner at a time when the six-party talks for the settlement of the nuclear issue in the Korean peninsula are expected to be resumed soon." It said the United States should stop such accusations and show sincerity if it wanted to resolve the nearly three-year stand off. "If the US really wants to settle the nuclear issue through the six-party talks, it should be decent enough to stop uttering anything getting on the nerves of other dialogue partner and approach the talks with sincerity," it said. North Korea on Friday said the crisis over its nuclear program could be resolved if the United States was willing to normalize ties and replace the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War with a full peace accord. South Korean officials Sunday refused to disclose whether its delegates for the talks, who arrived in Beijing Saturday, had so far held any meetings with Chinese or North Korean officials. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
World Powers Threaten Defiant Iran Over Nuclear Crisis
Vienna (AFP) Jan 11, 2006World powers threatened Iran with UN Security Council sanctions Wednesday after it resumed sensitive nuclear activities as a defiant Tehran vowed to press ahead with its disputed atomic programme. |
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