General Tells N. Korea to Resume Talks

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General Tells N. Korea to Resume Talks
February 09, 2009
BBC

SEOUL -- The top U.S. commander in South Korea said today that North Korea should first return to dialogue if it hopes to feel safe from what it claims to be the ever-present U.S. nuclear threat on the divided peninsula.

The comments by Gen. Walter Sharp of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command come amid a standoff in six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.

The North rejected a U.S. proposal aimed at gaining access to its nuclear activities, demanding that the U.S. also verify it has no nuclear weapons hidden in South Korea.

"I think the answer to that will come out when North Korea finally agrees to sit down and discuss how we're going to go through with a verification regime," he said. "We, the United States, and the other countries of the six-party talks look forward to that day so that we can work these details out."

The talks involve the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China. Washington has maintained its side of verification on the Korean Peninsula was done in the early 1990's.


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