WASHINGTON, June 14 (Yonhap) -- The United States still believes that there is no better tool than the six-way talks in dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons drive despite a protracted stalemate, Washington's point man on Pyongyang was quoted as saying Tuesday.
| The options of ignoring them and turning several mountainsides to rubble having been vetoed... |
In a keynote address at a closed-door post-forum dinner hosted by the Brookings Institution here, Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, said the long-dormant six-way talks are "useful" for the denuclearization of the communist nation, "not immediately but with an incremental approach," according to a participant who requested anonymity.
Bosworth was quoted as saying that the six-party negotiations are necessary to maintain bilateral and multilateral contacts with Pyongyang.
| Also necessary in order not to reward Kimmie with the prestige of a bilateral meeting, prestige that he desperately wants. |
Meanwhile, another participant in the meeting said later that the U.S. seems to have concluded that the food situations in North Korea are not that serious. The Barack Obama administration dispatched a team of officials and experts, led by Robert King, special envoy for North Korea's human rights, there last month in a bid to verify Pyongyang's claim that its people urgently need food aid.
| And if they are serious, let China fix the problem. |
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