SEOUL - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday he will accept North Korea nuclear disarmament in the diplomatic process called the six-party talks, but officials later Seoul is not yet ready to see the negotiations said.
AFP/Getty Images South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul on Thursday.China, host of the talks urged to restart talks that broke two years ago for months. North Korea which has formally in 2009 to end the process is said to speak it ready.
But South Korea USA and Japan say want quality assurance seriously negotiated North and not using the process because of its international image to improve.
Meeting with Ministry leaders Wednesday on foreign and defence policy for the next year Lee attempts Mr. articulate a balance between openness for dealing with the North authoritarian regime and distrust of the drawn in protracted negotiations do not result.
He heard presentations from the ministries of defence and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of unity, the issues with North Korea treated. Prior to the meeting of Foreign Affairs said Mr. LEE, it is diplomatically through the six-party talks "no other choice than the issue of the dismantling of North Korea's nuclear program."
The remarks were aimed at ensuring the other countries in the discussions that South Korea remains open for the process despite North Korea's recent provocations against it.
Presidential election workers and officials in the unification Ministry later said South Korea is not ready, the six-party talks immediately. But you said, remains open for direct talks with North Korea South Korea.
U.S. officials have said two discussions held to see this year from the North which would have led to the death of 50 South Koreans to resolve the extreme hostility creates attack on an island, South Korea controlled and setting of the South Korean battleship, incidents.
In a press conference, unification Minister Hyun-taek South Korea said "no conditions" has a North-South Government talks. But he added: "North Korea should take responsibility for his actions."
Responding the local media reported that South Korea was to absorb its association policy focus change North Korea Mr Hyun said the Government planned to your current policy of finding a peaceful solution of the Korea war then to keep forging economic relations and then print the reunification. "It is a very long-term initiative," he said.
Mr. LEE's administration, before the end of his third of five years in Office, amended Seoul towards the North Korean policy by linking the southern economic aid to steps Pyongyang made to stop his quest for nuclear weapons.
Previously, South Korea provided hundreds of millions of dollars per year to North Korea with some questions posed. North Korea continue to be weapons program. If the aid cut off Seoul, it reacts stream of critique in the State-run media and a number of increasingly violent provocations with a steady, angry.
Last year South Korea Government grew more direct North Government, criticising officials rarely specifically mention dictator Kim Jong Il. For example, legislation which calls its citizens to improve its human rights and more freedom for North Korea passed the Parliament.
Mr. Lee and other heads of State and Government have frequently stated course of gradual economic openness should follow North Korea of China. And said that South Koreans should talk about the prospect of an association with North Korea start despite the likelihood that it might happen for years and will be very expensive, if it does.
Such action, although relatively small by some measures, underline the wider political change in Seoul the approach of the Government in the North. And regularly provide feed for review by North Korea's State-run media. For example, lashing out at Mr. LEE for the call of the North has issued last week "belligerent" in an interview last month several statements North Korea.
In his press conference on Wednesday Mr. Hyun said something new, relatively mild or obviously on its surface that annoy North's can because he directly mentioned Mr Kim signature policy, called "Seongun" or "military first."
"North Korea should give up his 'military first' policy," he said. "Rather it should first place its own citizens." "That would be good for North Korea's future."
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