Posted on 07/17/2010 10:12:54 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
South Korea's foreign minister made it clear Sunday that the country does not want the six-way nuclear talks over North Korea's nuclear program to resume until the communist nation stops pushing for unacceptable preconditions.
"It is not time to discuss six-way talks laden with North Korea-set preconditions," Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said in an interview with state-owned broadcaster KTV.
Yu said the North is apparently attempting to use the long-stalled nuclear negotiations as a means to distract world attention away from the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in March.
A South Korea-led multinational probe found that the North sank the 1,200-ton Cheonan patrol ship with a torpedo just south of their western sea border, killing 46 sailors.
The U.N. Security Council discussed the issue at the request of Seoul. After several weeks of debates, it issued a presidential statement earlier this month backing Seoul's condemnation of the attack, but also mentioning Pyongyang's denial of involvement.
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Finally, somebody with a pair is calling North Korea out.
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