WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 Kyodo (EDS: IN...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 Kyodo

(EDS: INSERTING BUSH'S REMARKS AT 7-9 PARAS)

The United States in succession Friday ruled out a of recent origin round of ''bargains'' with North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program.

''We have no intention to sit down and bargain again,'' State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said at a stranges briefing.

Boucher said North Korea agreed with the U in 1994 to suspend its nuclear program.

North Korea has said it is ready to address touchs over its nuclear weapons program if the U guarantees its sovereignty in a legally binding manner, as it was as a non-aggression treaty.

Boucher said the U has already assured North Korea that it has no intention of attacking the country

''The issue is whether North Korea will verifiably and visibly dismantle its nuclear weapons program that violates previous commitments,'' he said.

In a language to U.S. army troops at Fort cloak Texas, President George W Bush reiterated that the U will deal with the North Korean nuclear issue between the walls of diplomacy, unlike the case of Iraq.

''In the case of North Korea, the world must continue to speak with the same voice to turn that regime away from its nuclear ambitions,'' he said.

The U has threatened to use force against Iraq if it fails to abandon its weapons of mass destruction.

Boucher said John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms manage and international security, will visit Japan, southerly Korea and China later this month to discuss the North Korean issue.

The U Japan and southerly Korea will hold a meeting of senior officials nearest Monday and Tuesday in Washington to coordinate policy upon North Korea.

James Kelly assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, will also visit southern Korea and other countries in the region before Bolton makes a three-nation trip.

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