Xinhua: Resumption of Talks With U.S. Premature: DPRK [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]

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HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK ---------------------------     Resumption of Talks With U.S. Premature: DPRK Xinhuanet 2002-04-12 23:55:01 　　PYONGYANG, April 12 (Xinhuanet) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is willing to resume dialogue with the United States, but conditions for such talks are not ripe, a DPRK foreign ministry spokesman said Friday. 　　"In order to improve the bilateral relations that had been brought back to those in the period of confrontation, it is necessary to resume the DPRK-U.S. talks and they will be resumed any time when conditions are created," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted the spokesman as saying. 　　"The DPRK is of the view that such environment has not yet beencreated, given that there are factors of blocking the resumption of the DPRK-U.S. talks," said the spokesman, adding that the DPRK considers it possible to resume the dialogue, if it is the true intention of the U.S. to respect its dialogue partner and let the DPRK have the dialogue on an equal footing. 　　The DPRK-U.S. talks have been frozen since U.S. President George W. Bush took office in January 2001. The DPRK has accused Bush of pursuing a hostile policy toward the country by dubbing itas part of an "axis of evil" at the start of this year. Enditem --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================