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Rice starts Asian sanctions tour
Ms Rice said she would use her talks in Japan and South Korea to reconfirm their security alliances with the United States. "The way to deal with the security threat it poses is to draw on the very strong alliances that we have with South Korea and Japan on which they can fully rely for their security from this specific threat," Ms Rice said. Rice is due later to visit South Korea, China and Russia the other countries involved in stalled six-way talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program. Meanwhile there was no let up in the belligerence of North Korea told South Korea it was following a "treacherous" course towards war by complying with US-led international sanctions over the North's nuclear test. Rodong Sinmun, newspaper of the ruling communist party paper, accused the South's Government of betraying Koreans by ignoring national interests. "A small country, a divided country, should take a serious view of its national interests," Rodong said in a commentary. "But the South Korean authorities are actually following the US will and demand for sanctions and pressure upon the DPRK (North Korea), while paying lip service to peace. This is, in fact, a treacherous act of leading inter-Korean relations to showdown and war." The South, toning down its engagement policy with its communist neighbour, has welcomed and supported UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea for its October 9 nuclear bomb test. The Seoul Government has continued its suspension of regular food aid but has indicated it will maintain inter-Korean business projects. Posted by: Oztralian 2006-10-18 |
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