N.Korea to China: Future nuclear tests hinge on US
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has told a Chinese envoy his country has no immediate plans to conduct another nuclear test but that US policy toward Pyongyang will determine the future, a news report said. Kim made the remarks to Chinese envoy Tang Jiaxuan during talks last week in Pyongyang to discuss the North's first-ever nuclear test on Oct. 9, Kyodo News agency reported Sunday from Beijing, citing unnamed officials familiar with the discussions.
Kim told Tang that while there is no plan to hold a second nuclear test for the moment, North Korea would have to respond if the United States continued to pressure the country, according to Kyodo.
Posted by: Fred 2006-10-23 |