Situation Prevailing in Korea Requires Bold Negotiated Solution of Fundamental Issue

Pyongyang, July 25 (KCNA) -- The DPRK government will in the future, too, boost the friendly and cooperative relations with the regional countries in the idea of its foreign policy-- independence, peace and friendship-- and make every possible effort to defend the peace and security in the Korean Peninsula and the region.
Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, head of the DPRK delegation, said this, when addressing the 18th Ministerial Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum on July 23.
The present situation in the peninsula now standing on the crossroads of detente and the vicious cycle of escalating tension requires the parties concerned to make the best use of opportunity of dialogue and make a bold decision to settle the fundamental issue, he noted, adding: The U.S. is the main party responsible and capable of removing the root cause of the nuclear issue on the peninsula as it was spawned by the U.S. hostile policy and nuclear war threat to the DPRK from A to Z.
It is self-evident that to discuss the denuclearization issue in the absence of the main party concerned while distorting the essence of the issue would only lay an artificial hurdle in the way of settling the issue and this cannot be a genuine dialogue.