BEIJING: North Korea said yesterday it was willing to discuss its nuclear programme with the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but insisted a non-aggression pact was the only way to defuse the crisis.
The reclusive communist state’s ambassador to China, Choe Jin-su, told reporters that North’s decision to reactivate its nuclear programme was an act of self-defence and denounced Washington as the aggressor.
