U.S. Rejects N.Korea Conditions for Nuclear Talks
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The United States rejected North Korea's  conditions for a resumption of six-party talks on scrapping its  nuclear programs, a response to Pyongyang's latest demands that  left the two nations in a stalemate.
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SEOUL : North Korea says it will not return to international talks on its nuclear weapons programme until the lineup of a new US administration emerges and Washington drops its &quot;hostile policy&quot; toward the communist state.
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Colin Powell said that the U.S. would not provide "up-front" benefits to North Korea if it agreed to dismantle its nuclear programs.
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North Korea will not abandon its nuclear weapons until the United States gives up what Pyongyang regards as a "hostile" policy toward it and drops financial sanctions, its envoy to nuclear talks said on Saturday.
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North Korea has apparently decided against holding six-party talks on dismantling its suspected nuclear arms programs until after the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential election, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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North Korea declined a request to resume talks aimed at persuading the communist nation to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Japan&#39;s government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said.
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North Korea remains committed to using  six-party talks to defuse a crisis over its nuclear weapons  programs, but only if certain conditions are met, a U.N.  official said on Monday after visiting the reclusive state.
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North Korea on Friday spurned appeals to join talks on its nuclear and missile programs, saying the United States should drop financial sanctions before any negotiations occur. A U.S. envoy said the communist nation was sinking deeper into isolation.
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North Korea blamed the United States on  Monday for blocking six-country talks on scrapping its nuclear  programs, denying it had stalled the talks itself to await the  outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
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North Korea set three conditions on Friday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programs.
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North Korea said the United States had no  right to unilaterally set limits on Pyongyang's nuclear  activities and these "red line" limits could spark a war.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday Washington would not set a deadline to reach a deal in six-party talks on North Korea but made clear next week's negotiations must not be held just for the sake of talking.
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TOKYO -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday rejected demands by North Korea of a US ''reward&quot; before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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SEOUL -- North Korea suggested yesterday that it would not participate in further six-party negotiations over its nuclear program because of recent revelations that scientists in South Korea had illegally experimented with producing fissile material for nuclear weapons.
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TOKYO, Oct. 23--Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said Saturday the United States will not provide &quot;up front&quot; benefits to North Korea if it agrees to dismantle its nuclear programs, rejecting
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SEOUL/WASHINGTON  - North Korea demanded bilateral  talks with the United States over its nuclear weapons program  but Washington quickly rejected the idea on Friday and insisted  Pyongyang return to six-party negotiations.
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The United States passed a warning to North Korea not to conduct a nuclear test, the chief U.S. envoy to stalled disarmament talks with the communist country said Wednesday. "We are not going to live with a nuclear North Korea," he said.