North Korea says no nuclear talks at Asian forum

Kuala Lumpur - North Korea will not rejoin six-nation nuclear talks until the United States drops financial sanctions, a spokesman for the country's delegation to a regional security forum said Thursday.

"There can be no such a thing as six-way talks," spokesman Chung Sung-Il told reporters after North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam-Sun arrived in Kuala Lumpur.

"As we have already said, the United States should first lift its financial sanctions on us... if they want to see the six-way talks resume at an early date," Chung added.

Agence France Presse