New hopes over N. Korea issue

Such initiatives could serve as a base for a comprehensive agreement. Pyongyang showed readiness to renounce its programmes relating to nuclear arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) if Washington is ready to sign with it a treaty of non-aggression. The latter expressed intentions about the possibility of issuing “guarantees” against the launch of an offensive against North Korea. Although the treaty is different from a guarantee in terms of law and process, the objective of both is one, which is that every party should undertake to implement and enforce each commitment. The difference of viewpoints in the six-way talks in dealing with this crisis is the way that will lead to the success of the talks, and provide the opportunity to facilitate a compromise. It has always been a custom for people to agree for compromises to overcome crises, whereby there is neither a victor nor a vanquished, but parties concerned will have come out fully to make a success of their efforts.