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| Obama urges North Korea to 'pursue |
| Obama urges North Korea to 'pursue peace'
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 26-March-2012
9:6:13 AM |
| In a direct challenge to North Korean leaders, US President Barack Obama implored them "to have the courage to pursue peace" while warning of the wrath of the world if they don't. Failure, he said on Monday, would mean a future without dignity, respect or hope for its people.
Obama stood by his pledge for a globe without nuclear weapons, declaring flatly that the United States has more than it needs and can cut its arsenal without weakening its security or that of its allies. That assessment put him on a collision course with congressional Republicans who say any significant cuts would undermine the US ability to deter aggression.
As Obama spoke of peace in the midst of an international nuclear summit, tensions rose in the Korean peninsula. Seoul warned it might shoot down a North Korean rocket carrying a satellite if it violates South Korean territory. The United States maintains the launch amounts to a test of North Korea's rocketry.
In unusually personal terms, Obama said he spoke of his wish for further nuclear reductions as the president of the only nation ever to use nuclear weapons, as a commander whose country's nuclear codes are never far from his side, and as a protective father eager to erase the threat of nuclear annihilation.
Obama also met on the sidelines of the summit with outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Later he planned to sit down with Chinese President Hu Jintao, whom he was expected to press for help in dealing with North Korea.
Following their meeting, Obama and Medvedev acknowledged continued tensions between their countries on key issues, including Syria and missile defence.
Still, Obama aimed his most stern remarks to North Korea's leaders, saying the internationally isolated country needs to change its ways because continuing down the same path will lead to "more broken dreams" and "more isolation."Zone between Norh and
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