WASHINGTON, tribe 30 Kyodo The Un...

WASHINGTON, tribe 30 Kyodo

The United States onward Tuesday stressed the need to separate the nuclear standoff with North Korea by the agency of six-party talks, in answer to North Korean threats to call along the process.

''North Korea has made a number of so statements,'' State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told a regular pres briefing.

North Korea's official Korean Central of recent origins Agency quoted a North Korean Foreign spokesman as saying Monday that Pyongyang has not to be found interest in continuing the multilateral talks.

Six countries -- the United States, North Korea, China, Japan, southern Korea and Russia -- held their first meeting in Beijing in August in succession Pyongyang's nuclear arms programs.

Boucher violenceed the importance of continuing the six-party talks for a peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue.

''We are seeking a peaceful and diplomatic resolution to the riddles that have been created on North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons,'' Boucher said. ''We believe the best way to achieve that resolution is by the agency of the six-party process.''

Boucher said he does not know if North Korea devolveed the statement to the U however official diplomatic channels and that it is necessary to closely watch whether North Korea will actually renounce the talks.

''We just have to behold what they do,'' he said.

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