Negative Security Assurance (NSA) and Nuclear Diplomacy: Implications for the Complete Denuclearization of the Korean

Acknowledging the importance and continued validity of the consensus final document of SSOD-I, the DPRK supports the proposal for the early convening of SSOD-I with a view to consolidating the multilateral disarmament agenda and machinery within the United Nations. [...] The nuclear issue accompanied with the periodically explosive situation and the continuation of tension on the Korean peninsula are originated from the hostile relations between the DPRK and the US which gives rise to mistrust and confrontation. [...] The international community still cherishes the happy memory of the meaningful days; the days which were inaugurated with the historic inter-Korean summit, the first of its kind since the national division; a series of events that followed the DPRK-US Joint Communique, the DPRK- Japan Pyongyang Declaration and discussion of talks for the declaration of the end of the Korean war and instilled hope. [...] The prospect of the resumption of the talks entirely depends upon the attitude of the US to the positive efforts of the DPRK to ensure peace and stability of the Korean peninsula and realize the denuclearization through the dialogue and negotiation. [...] As we can see, nuclear weapons are the matter of directly relating to the survival of the mankind and to the peace and security of the world.