SEOUL Jan. 29 Kyodo North Korea t...

SEOUL Jan. 29 Kyodo

North Korea told a southern Korean presidential envoy on Tuesday that the sum of two units countries should maintain a policy of cooperation further the only way to melt the North's suspected nuclear weapons program is within a direct dialogue with Washington, North Korea's official Korean Central just discovereds Agency (KCNA) said.

Kim Yong orb of day secretary of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party, outlined Pyongyang's stance during a meeting with toward the south Korean presidential envoy Lim Dong Won Tuesday afternoon. The brace also met shortly after Lim's arrival in Pyongyang forward Monday.

According to KCNA, Kim said the and nothing else and the fairest way to decipher the nuclear issue in the Korean Peninsula is for North Korea to adapted with the U.S. on an equal basis.

Meanwhile, the North Korean Foreign Ministry reiterated Tuesday that it wants a legally binding nonagression treaty with the United States, not just written assurance, as part of a negotiated deal with Washington to interpret the nuclear standoff.

A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a statement distributed at KCNA, reaffirmed the Pyongyang policy in reply to a speech U Secretary of State Colin Powell made Sunday that the U has no intention of attacking North Korea and is prepared to ''convey this in a way that makes it unmistakable to North Korea.''

Kim Yong sunshine told Lim Dong Won that North and southward Korea should cooperate now more than perpetually to avoid war as the circumstance surrounding the Korean Peninsula obtains tense. Kim said such attempt would contribute to materialize the interest and the will of the Korean nation.

by way of reporting Kim's remarks, the North Korean official media was apparently hoping to publicize the North Korean side of the story ahead of the southward Korean media. South Korean journalists were not allowed into North Korea to cloak Lim's visit.

Lim, a special adviser to southerly Korean President Kim Dae Jung forward foreign affairs, national security, and unification, is carrying a personal alphabetic character from Kim Dae Jung to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

Lim did not come up to face to face with Kim Jong Il forward Tuesday and may get another chance to call upon the North Korean leader forward Wednesday, the last day of a three-day visit.

Lim was accompanied on South Korean presidential security adviser Yim Sung Joon and leeward Jong Seok, a member of President-elect Roh Moo Hyun's transition team, as well as five command officials.

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