WORLD / Asia-Pacific
Six-way talks blocked - report
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-12-06 16:02
MOSCOW - Six-way talks on North Korea cannot restart this year or in the
foreseeable future because of "unacceptable" US conditions, Russia's
Interfax news agency quoted a North Korean diplomatic source as saying on
Wednesday.
"The demands the United States put forward at consultations between the
heads of delegations to the six-way talks .... which took place in
Beijing on November 28 and 29, are unacceptable for North Korea," the
agency quoted the source as saying.
"As a result, the renewal of the negotiation process in December 2006 is
impossible, and -- if there is no change in the United States' position
-- in the foreseeable future too."
Interfax quoted the unnamed source in a report datelined Hong Kong.
Russian media are among the few with regular access to official circles
in reclusive North Korea.
The six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear program have been stalled
since Pyongyang walked out a year ago. South Korea, North Korea, Japan,
China, Russia and the United States are the participants in the talks.
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