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**Sean** · Jul 18, 2005, 03:26 pm

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsAr...A-NORTH-DC.XML

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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said it wants to build trust and respect with its greatest foe, the United States, at six-country talks next week aimed at ending Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear weapons, its media reported on Monday.

North Korea also hinted at having the Beijing negotiations examine Washington's deployment of its nuclear arsenal.

Analysts said this echoed a demand Pyongyang made in March to turn the talks into a broad nuclear disarmament discussion, which could scuttle the entire process if Pyongyang presses the point in Beijing because patience among key players is wearing thin.

The negotiations, which the reclusive North has boycotted for over a year, will begin on July 26 in Beijing but no date has been set for the discussions to end, a South Korean daily said.

North Korea said earlier this month it would return to the talks with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States in the week of July 25, but it gave no exact date.

"What is most essential for making progress in the six-party talks ... is for the DPRK and the U.S. to build the relationship of trust and a will for mutual respect and co-existence," the North's Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary carried by Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency.

Think N Korea is being sincere? Are they just bargaining again? Are they a real thread, etc…

oranged · Jul 18, 2005, 06:55 pm

I think so, US is a formidable opponent, but as North Korea becomes less hostile, China, and Russia become more hostile.

Osborn F Enready · Jul 18, 2005, 07:28 pm

I think they are going to say they want the same treatment as China in trade, and want to bend us over the barrel equally as China does.

I think their leader, is a nutcase.

However, I do (because of our own past) see the point of their wanting equal right to protection, since that is what everyone else agreed to that had nukes at the time we got them.

Why should they not get to use Nukes as a deterrent the same way we have, they saw how it worked for us!

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oranged fanatic and profound Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 335	I think so, US is a formidable opponent, but as North Korea becomes less hostile, China, and Russia become more hostile. "It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."- Aung San Suu Kyi

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Osborn F Enready Principled Observer Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 13,873	I think they are going to say they want the same treatment as China in trade, and want to bend us over the barrel equally as China does. I think their leader, is a nutcase. However, I do (because of our own past) see the point of their wanting equal right to protection, since that is what everyone else agreed to that had nukes at the time we got them. Why should they not get to use Nukes as a deterrent the same way we have, they saw how it worked for us! Petition of Redress of Grievances: http://www.givemeliberty.org/default.htm Canadian Lawsuit Against Their National Banks: http://www.freewebs.com/classaction/ Osborn F. Enready