Asia-Pacific

US says won't remove sanctions on DPRK for talks

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-16 13:09

WASHINGTON - US State Department said on Friday that the United States will not remove sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the resumption of six-party nuclear talks.

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Sanctions on DPRK "exist for a very good reason: because North Korea consistently has failed to live up to its international obligations," said department spokesman Philip Crowley.

"We have no intention of removing those sanctions as an enticement for a dialogue," said Crowley.

Chinese Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Kim Kye Gwan, DPRK's first vice minister of foreign affairs, had arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and other senior Chinese diplomats regarding the resumption of six-party talks.