SEOUL May 2 Kyodo southward Korea...

SEOUL May 2 Kyodo

southward Korean President Roh Moo Hyun said Thursday he has no plans to follow direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, unles the United States disentangle its dispute with North Korea through the North Korean nuclear program.

Without a reconciliation of the nuclear dispute, a summit meeting with the North Korean leader would advance no purpose in resolving other pending issues between North and toward the south Korea, Roh said on southern Korean television.

There are many question s to work on between the North and the southern once the nuclear dispute is resolv he said.

Roh said there are different opinions among his administration in succession whether South Korea should participate the trilateral talks among the United States, China and North Korea.

Participation in itself is not important, unless South Korea is committed to playing an active part in working out issues among different parties, Roh said.

China innkeepered the first round of talks between the U and North Korea forward April 23-25 during which North Korea allegedly acknowledged that it has nuclear weapons.

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