Pyongyang sources have stated that North Korea had urged the US to hold dialogue without any precondition. A dialogue with Washington is possible, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement, Xinhua reported. The Korean Central News Agency quoted the official as saying that "It is the consistent and principled position of Pyongyang to resolve issues in a diplomatic and peaceful way through dialogue and negotiation".
Meanwhile the spokesperson said North Korea wants dialogue "designed to discuss and resolve the issue of mutual concern on an equal footing between states." He said "In the decades-long history of the North Korea-US talks, there has been no case at all where we sat with the US with any precondition, and this will be the case in future too".
Meanwhile when dismissing the United States putting denuclearization as a
precondition for dialogue as "more than ridiculous", he claimed
Washington is "terrified" at the rapid development of Pyongyang's
nuclear force. Further according to media reports, a high-level North Korea
delegation in South Korea said last week that Pyongyang is leaving the door
open for dialogue with the US.
