N. Korea opposes nuclear freeze before compensation

[rodbarnett]

BEIJING: North Korea would oppose any proposed freeze of its nuclear facilities before its demands for compensation are met, China's Xinhua news agency quoted a spokesperson for the isolated North's Foreign Ministry as saying.

"Only as long as the issue of compensation is completely resolved will the North Korean freeze plan be realised," the spokesperson was quoted as saying in a dispatch from Pyongyang.

"If this round of talks proposes a 'freeze first, compensate later', North Korea will resolutely oppose it."

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