USA declares North Korea as Sovereign country
MIL/Reuters, May 9, 2005. Special Correspondent
Washington - The United States wish to get North Korea back to the negotiating table. They publicly said on Monday that they viewed the communist nation, as sovereign and it should hold talks as part of six party nuclear deliberations.
The position of the United States is the same according to their officials but they made their viewpoints more clear before the talks are resumed.
According to Arshad Mohammed from Reuters, Chinese and South Korean leaders over the weekend called for resolving the matter through peaceful dialogue following a report last week that some U.S. officials believe North Korea may be preparing for a nuclear test.
The United States regards the six-way talks among North and South Korea, China, Russia Japan and itself as the best way to persuade Pyongyang to give up nuclear arms in exchange for U.S. security guarantees and economic incentives from others.
"The United States, of course, recognizes that North Korea is sovereign," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told CNN in an interview in Moscow, echoing a statement she first made in March during visit to Japan, China and South Korea.
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