North Wants Treaty To End Korean War
01.11.10 |
(Seoul) -- North Korea is calling for a peace treaty to officially end the Korean War. The proposed treaty would replace a ceasefire that ended the fighting between North and South Korea in 1953 but technically kept the two nations in a state of war.
The North's KCNA news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesperson today as saying a peace treaty would be essential to building confidence between Pyongyang and the U.S. The call for a treaty is seen as a move to resurrect six-party nuclear disarmament talks that the communist nation recently said it would return to after a yearlong boycott.
The North is expected to seek international aid and an end to UN sanctions as a condition for returning to the talks. The U.S. has said it would only consider a treaty after North Korea abandons its nuclear program and begins addressing human rights concerns.
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