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Nkorea cautions security council { April 9 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://washingtontimes.com/world/20030409-22069324.htm http://washingtontimes.com/world/20030409-22069324.htm North Korea cautions Security Council Sang-hun Choe ASSOCIATED PRESS Published April 9, 2003 SEOUL — North Korea warned yesterday that any actions taken against it when the U.N. Security Council meets to discuss the communist regime's nuclear ambitions would undermine attempts to peacefully resolve the crisis. Meanwhile, the North's main ally, China, said the world body, which meets today, has no business discussing Pyongyang's suspected nuclear weapons program. On Monday, Chinese diplomats blocked efforts by some council members to draft a statement condemning North Korea. "It is not appropriate for the United Nations Security Council to get involved in these issues," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. "No related parties should take actions that would further complicate this matter." The Security Council could eventually discuss imposing sanctions against North Korea, if a political solution is not found. China and Russia have said they oppose sanctions. North Korea has warned that it would regard international sanctions against its isolated regime as a declaration of war. South Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Young-kwan yesterday urged North Korea to agree to multilateral talks to resolve the crisis. "If North Korea joins the multilateral talks, it will be able to seek talks with the United States for a security guarantee and have opportunities to discuss economic aid," he told parliament. Mr. Yoon, who visited Washington last week, plans to travel to Beijing later this week to discuss how to bring a peaceful end to the standoff with North Korea. Pyongyang insists on direct dialogue with the United States. But Washington wants to settle the crisis through multilateral channels, saying North Korea's ambitions threaten not just American interests but also those of Russia, China, Japan and South Korea. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov told the Itar-Tass news agency that the situation on the Korean Peninsula was "extremely dangerous," and supported the U.S. call for multilateral talks to end the crisis. Kim Yong-Chun, North Korea's army chief of the General Staff, said that if the U.N. Security Council tries to "stifle the DPRK, the U.S. will be held wholly responsible for the failure of all the efforts for dialogue and the extremely tense situation," the North's KCNA news agency reported. DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name. Also yesterday, U.S. and South Korean officials began discussions about plans for their military alliance that could include the redeployment of 37,000 U.S. troops stationed in the South. Last month, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said troops near the inter-Korean border could be shifted south, moved to other countries in the region or brought home. Copyright © 2003 News World Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

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