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DPRK insists on peaceful nuclear activity
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-13 09:52

PYONGYANG -- Kim Gye-gwan, head of the delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the six-party talks, said on Tuesday the DPRK will repeat its standpoints on peaceful nuclear activity, but will "take flexibility when necessary" in the second phase of the fourth round of the six-party talks.

"The DPRK has right on peaceful nuclear activity. This right is neither awarded nor needs to be approved by others," Kim told Xinhua at Pyongyang Sun-an Airport before traveling to Beijing to attend the six-party talks concerning the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula.

"We have this right, and the more important thing is that we should use this right," Kim stressed, adding that "if the United States tries to set obstacle to the DPRK's using this right, we can utterly not accept that."

Kim reiterated the DPRK's ultimate aim of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula through dialogue and negotiation.

"The DPRK will attend the talks by sincere attitude and take flexibility when necessary," said Kim who took a Korea Airlines flight to Beijing along with his delegation.

The first phase of the fourth round of the six-party talks, starting from July 26, recessed on Aug. 7.

The DPRK announced on Aug. 29 that it would postpone the second phase of the talks originally scheduled for the same day to mid-September because the United States began the large-scale war exercises "Ulji Focus Lens-05" with South Korea and appointed a "presidential envoy for the human rights issue of north Korea".



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