{"id":3186,"date":"2010-01-11T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T14:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2010-01-11T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T14:55:18","slug":"north-korea-peace-treaty-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/north-korea-peace-treaty-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea calls for peace treaty with US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pyongyang wants nuclear talks in exchange for treaty as US envoy describes North Korea’s human rights record as appalling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"North<\/a><\/strong>North Korea today called for a formal peace treaty with the US as a precondition for its return to international talks about the country’s nuclear programme<\/p>\n

However, in an apparent signal of Washington’s scepticism about closer ties with the reclusive dictatorship, the US’s new envoy on North Korea’s human rights described Pyongyang’s record on the issue as “appalling”.<\/p>\n

North Korea’s foreign ministry said it wanted peace talks with Washington to work towards a more formal accord to replace the truce which ended the 1950-53 Korean war, bringing about Korea’s separation. This would be a means for the North to re-enter six-party nuclear discussions involving the two Koreas, the US, China, Japan and Russia.<\/p>\n

“If confidence is to be built between and the US, it is essential to conclude a peace treaty for terminating the state of war, a root cause of the hostile relations, to begin with,” the official Korean Central News Agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying.<\/p>\n

“The removal of the barrier of such discrimination and distrust as sanctions may soon lead to the opening of the six-party talks.”<\/p>\n

North Korea has boycotted the talks since April last year, shortly before it prompted grave international concern by announcing it had carried out a nuclear test. Before this, Pyongyang had begun to disable nuclear facilities in return for overseas aid.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 7)<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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