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N.K. fails to learn lesson from Iran nuclear deal: US envoy
WASHINGTON -- North Korea appears to have missed an important lesson from the breakthrough deal on Iran's nuclear program: that the United States is committed to negotiations even with long-time foes, the U.S. envoy for nuclear talks with Pyongyang said Tuesday.

Sydney Seiler, special envoy for the six-party talks on the North's nuclear program, made the remark during a seminar in Washington, stressing that the Iran deal clearly demonstrated "the flexibility, the creativity, the commitment to negotiations" that the U.S. maintains.

"They (the North Koreans) may not have learned any lesson (from the Iran nuclear deal). If they had learned any lesson, then we would have perhaps seen it earlier," he said during the seminar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The Iranian deal "clearly demonstrates our willingness to engage countries with whom the United States has had long-standing differences," Seiler said, adding that there should be no doubt the U.S. remains committed to a negotiated resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue.
"See? If you guys were more like the Iranians we could surrender to you. Even Castro figured that out!"
"It is the DPRK, however, that has not yet decided to embark on this path. It has repeatedly rejected offers for dialogue. It has repeatedly and openly violated commitments ... to abandon its nuclear program. It continues to ignore international obligations," Seiler said.
Iran ignored international obligations and look how we're kowtowing to them...
The six-party talks aimed at resolving the North Korean standoff have been stalled since late 2008. North Korea demands the unconditional resumption of negotiations, while the U.S. says that Pyongyang must first take concrete steps demonstrating its denuclearization commitments.

As the six-party talks have been idled, the North has bolstered its nuclear capabilities and stockpile, conducting its second and third nuclear tests, in 2009 and 2013. Some experts now warn that the communist nation's nuclear arsenal could expand to 100 bombs by 2020.

Seiler stressed that the U.S. is not opposed to surrendering talking to North Korea, but that negotiations must focus on denuclearization. The communist regime should also halt its nuclear activity and refrain from nuclear and missile tests before talks resume.

"We seek negotiations ... And indeed the entire international community is looking for this type of policy shift in Pyongyang and that policy shift would be positively responded to," he said.
"Serious guys! You give an inch and we'll give you the mile!"

Posted by: Steve White 2015-04-26
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