NK rejects talks about UN Command probe
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June 28, 2010, Monday
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North Korea said yesterday it has rejected a proposal by the American-led UN Command to hold military talks on the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang.
The UN Command, which oversees the armistice that ended the three-year Korean War in 1953, has launched an investigation of the sinking.
A separate team of international investigators concluded last month that North Korea torpedoed the warship Cheonan near the tense sea border. North Korea denied the charge and has warned any punishment would trigger war. Details of the UN Command's probe haven't been released.
North Korea said yesterday that the UN Command's armistice commission has sent it a message calling for general-level talks to inform Pyongyang of the results of its investigation.
"The US imperialists" used the armistice commission to send a "ridiculous notice proposing general-level talks in order to brief it on its results," according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
It said the results of the UN Command's probe "will only represent" the outcome of the South Korean-led international investigation, which it said was "full of fabrication and plots."
The dispatch said North Korea is willing to hold high-level military talks with South Korea only if Seoul allows their inspectors to verify the investigation results.
An official at Seoul's Defense Ministry said it has no intention to accept North Korean inspectors. The official said he has no information about the UN Command's reported proposal to hold general-level talks.
The two Koreas remain technically at war since the 1953 truce has not been replaced by a peace treaty.
South Korea has taken the issue to the UN Security Council to seek punishment.
The UN Command, which oversees the armistice that ended the three-year Korean War in 1953, has launched an investigation of the sinking.
A separate team of international investigators concluded last month that North Korea torpedoed the warship Cheonan near the tense sea border. North Korea denied the charge and has warned any punishment would trigger war. Details of the UN Command's probe haven't been released.
North Korea said yesterday that the UN Command's armistice commission has sent it a message calling for general-level talks to inform Pyongyang of the results of its investigation.
"The US imperialists" used the armistice commission to send a "ridiculous notice proposing general-level talks in order to brief it on its results," according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
It said the results of the UN Command's probe "will only represent" the outcome of the South Korean-led international investigation, which it said was "full of fabrication and plots."
The dispatch said North Korea is willing to hold high-level military talks with South Korea only if Seoul allows their inspectors to verify the investigation results.
An official at Seoul's Defense Ministry said it has no intention to accept North Korean inspectors. The official said he has no information about the UN Command's reported proposal to hold general-level talks.
The two Koreas remain technically at war since the 1953 truce has not been replaced by a peace treaty.
South Korea has taken the issue to the UN Security Council to seek punishment.
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