Posted on 01/17/2007 4:19:40 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
N. Korea nuke issue can only be solved by regime collapse: Bolton
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: TO BE LED)
Visiting former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Wednesday that the North Korean nuclear weapon program issue can only be solved by the collapse of its current leader Kim Jong Il's regime.
Bolton also said in a press conference in Tokyo that additional economic pressure on North Korea is necessary, noting that the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program "failed irrecoverably" following Pyongyang's missile launches and nuclear test last year.
"If my conclusion that the six-party talks have failed is correct, that means we now need to shift to a new policy" Bolton said.
"I think realistically, over time, the only answer to the North Korean nuclear weapons program is the collapse of the regime in North Korea, and hopefully peaceful reunification in the Korean Peninsula," he said.
Bolton also said South Korea and China, which have been reluctant to take a hard stance against Pyongyang compared with Japan and the United States, should also join in adding pressure.
Continuing the failed talks will cause "even more embarrassment for China," Bolton said, urging Beijing to acknowledge the failure of the six-party talks.
Bolton is currently visiting Japan at the invitation of the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
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