The United States will only join the talks for establishing a permanent peace agreement on the Korean Peninsula after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has substantially disabled its nuclear facilities, said Christopher Hill, the U.S. chief negotiator for the six-party talks on Friday here.
"Our position, which we've had for a long time and continue to have, is upon substantial disablement...we would hope that we could begin a peace negotiation process that would conclude and that we could reach a final peace arrangement when the DPRK finally abandons its nuclear weapons and nuclear programs," the U.S. official said after meeting with his South Korean counterpart Chun Young-woo.
South Korean President Roh said earlier this month that South Korea, DPRK, the United States and China should hold talks to establish a permanent peace agreement to replace the armistice treaty signed in July 1953.
Hill arrived in Seoul late Thursday from a visit to Beijing.
Source: Xinhua
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