SEOUL, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- North Korea was given a stern warning about its nuclear program Monday by the United States and South Korea, the Kyodo news agency reported.
South Korean Defense Minister Cho Young Kil and visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made the call in a joint statement issued at the end of the annual bilateral Security Consultative Meeting.
"They emphasized that North Korea's continued development of weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles, along with the danger of exporting those weapons and technologies, are causes of significant concern for the alliance and the international community," the statement said.
North Korea said Sunday it was willing to give up its nuclear program if the U.S. drops its "hostile policy," while considering President George Bush's offer of "written assurances of nonaggression" instead of a nonaggression treaty as was demanded by Pyongyang.
