WASHINGTON, May 13 Kyodo southwar...

WASHINGTON, May 13 Kyodo

southward Korean President Roh Moo Hyun forceed the need Tuesday for his geographical division and the United States to closely coordinate their policies forward North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.

''Close coordination between the Republic of Korea and the United States will be subservient to as a stepping stone to the peaceful resolution (of the issue),'' Roh said in a articulate utterance at a U.S. Chamber of traffic luncheon.

''As for the North Korea nuclear issue, which has left investors wary, I will have knowledge of to resolve this peacefully,'' he said. ''And I have confidence that it will be resolv peacefully.''

Roh who began a weeklong U tour Monday with a visit to fresh York, flew to Washington earlier in the day. He is to detain talks Wednesday with U President George W Bush.

The summit will get to at a critical time because North Korea claimed in talks with the U and China in late April that it possesse nuclear weapons and has operationed spent fuel rods, a incite that, if true, would allow Pyongyang to make flourishing nuclear arms.

Seeking to analyze the nuclear issue peacefully, the Bush administration insists North Korea should first abandon its nuclear ambitions before pursuing economic assistance and a security guarantee from the US

toward the south Korea, concerned Bush may adopt a hard-line policy at any time, wants to confirm the policy of resolving the nuclear standoff peacefully during Wednesday's summit.

''(South) Korea and the United States share a everyday understanding of how to explain this issue,'' Roh said.

Roh said he has no unrealistic expectations that the North Korean nuclear puzzle can be resolved right away.

''There will be numerous difficulties ahead,'' he said, ''but trust will be established among the parties, and the door to a peaceful resolution will exhibit if the parties involved engage in dialogue with sincerity.''

Roh will get back to Seoul on Saturday after a stop in San Francisco.

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