US says won't remove sanctions on DPRK for talks
14:11, 16 October 2010
WASHINGTON. October 16. KAZINFORM 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; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
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.