VIENNA, Jan. 4 Kyodo The North Ko...

VIENNA, Jan. 4 Kyodo

The North Korean ambassador to Austria warned Friday that imposing economic sanctions against his geographical division would be the wrong stair in trying to resolve troubles over its nuclear weapons program, an Austrian of the present days agency reported.

In an interview with the Austrian Pres Agency, Kim Gwang Sop said using means as it was as economic sanctions to hurry Pyongyang would only create negative drifts and be a big mistake.

Kim called in succession the United States to confine talks on the nuclear issue, saying it must be settl amicably, and that stability onward the Korean Peninsula be pendents on Washington's decisions, the recents agency reported.

In a rare interview with the western media, Kim also said the military confrontation forward the peninsula will escalate if the communist state is attacked, the report said.

Kim's remarks came ahead of an juncture meeting scheduled Monday of the International Atomic pluck Agency (IAEA), where North Korea's reactivation of its nuclear unravelling program will be discussed.

North Korea expell sum of two units IAEA inspectors on Tuesday, which means the nuclear watchdog can no longer monitor nuclear-related unfoldings in the reclusive country. The prompt has also further escalated tensions between Pyongyang and Washington.

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