Seoul, Apr 14: South Korea said today that North Korea had signalled it was ready for multilateral talks to resolve the six-month-old nuclear crisis. In its first official statement since North Korea said Saturday it was ready for talks with the United States under any format, South Korea President Roh Moo-Hyun's office said the move showed North Korea was complying with international efforts to resolve the crisis and was ready to accept dialogue. "The government considers this as an indication that North Korea will accept multilateral talks on resolving its nuclear issue," it said in a statement.
It added that the North Korea statement shows "that North Korea appears to be creating a favourable atmosphere for dialogue while complying with efforts by our government and the international community to solve the nuclear issue through dialogue." Bureau Report