Bosworth urges N. Korea not to conduct second nuclear test

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. point man on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, on
Friday called on the communist state not to press ahead with a second nuclear
test, stressing "the door to dialogue is alway open."
"There will be consequences" if the North carries out its threat for a second
nuclear test, Bosworth told reporters after talks with South Korean Foreign
Minister Yu Myung-hwan on ways to resume the six-way talks on Pyongyang's nuclear
program. The negotiations also involve China, Russia, and Japan.
"For the United States and all the six parties, the door to dialogue is always
open," he said. "It is in their interest to continue dialogue and negotiation on
a multilateral basis."
North Korea announced last month that it will test a second nuclear bomb,
following its first in 2006, unless the U.N. Security Council offers an apology
for its condemnation of the North's rocket launch on April 5.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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