N Korea 'wary' on nuclear talks

[Rose Siding]

North Korea has indicated it is not ready to resume stalled multinational talks on its nuclear weapons ambitions.
Analysts believe Pyonygyang had been holding off in the hope that a new US president would be elected.

But in their first comments since George W Bush's re-election, officials from the North reportedly said an early resumption of talks was not possible.
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There have been three rounds of six-party talks, aimed at pressuring Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear weapons ambitions. North Korea refused to attend a fourth in September.

The communist state appeared to see no point in talking before the US presidential election on 2 November, analysts said.

North Korea has consistently blamed the Bush administration's "hostile policy" for the nuclear stand-off.

But now Pyongyang knows the result, it still does not seem keen to restart discussions.

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