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Korea
N.Korea Makes Shift in Nuclear Talks Demand
2003-04-13
The Hermit Kingdom North Korea said on Saturday it would consider any form of dialogue with the United States about its suspected nuclear arms ambitions if Washington was prepared to make a "bold switchover" in its policy toward Pyongyang. The dramatic shift from a rigid insistence on bilateral talks came in comments from North Korea's foreign ministry just days after U.S.-led forces unseated Iraq's President Saddam Hussein in a war the South Korean president said had "petrified" Pyongyang.
Nope. Not a sight you want to see when you're relying on an Army Based Policy™...
Washington — which lumps communist North Korea in an "axis of evil" with Iraq and Iran for seeking weapons of mass destruction — wants multilateral talks that also include regional players South Korea, Japan, Russia and China. "If the U.S. 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 official KCNA news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying.
"Really. Whatever's fair. We don't mind..."
"North Korea has recently started showing a change in its attitude in a gradual and indirect way," said Kim Jung-roh, deputy spokesman at the South Korean Unification Ministry. "Also, as the Iraq war is coming to an end faster than expected, North Korea has less options to take."
Thanks to John for the headzup!
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