N. Korea accuses U.S. of disrupting denuclearization talks
MOSCOW. Nov 27 (Interfax) - North Korea has accused the United States of ignoring its wish to settle the problem of its nuclear program through negotiations and of disrupting the negotiating process.
"The U.S. improper behavior of deliberately creating obstacles in the way of resuming the [six-part] talks under absurd preconditions will always be blamed," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted a North Korean Foreign Ministry official as saying.
It is the United States' "hostile policy" toward North Korea that compels it "to steadily bolster deterrence as long as the U.S. becomes all the more undisguised in pursuing hostile moves and increasing nuclear threats," he said.
Washington has indicated repeatedly that the six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula can be resumed after Pyongyang demonstrates its willingness to abandon the military component of its nuclear program and comply with its international commitments in that area.
The six-party talks were suspended at North Korea's demand in 2009, when North Korea withdrew from the negotiating process to protest against a UN Security Council statement condemning Pyongyang for launching a ballistic missile in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.