N Korea demands end of US Sanctions
Pakistan Times Wire Service

KUALA LUMPUR: North Korea on Friday spurned appeals to join talks on its nuclear and missile programs, saying the United States should drop financial sanctions before any negotiations occur.

"The U.S. says it's difficult to lift the financial sanctions, but there is nothing difficult. If the US wants to, it can do it easily,'' North Korean spokesman Chong Song IL said in Kuala Lumpur.

"We believe if the U.S. earnestly wants dialogue, it can do this,'' he remarked.●