VOA标准英语2010年-North Korea Calls for Peace Treaty wit

The U.S. says it wants to see North Korea return to six-party denuclearization talks before it considers negotiations¹ involving a wider range of issues. U.S. officials commented Monday after North Korea called for peace talks with the U.S. and an end to sanctions as conditions for resuming  the stalled talks. 

North Korea broadcast its proposal for a formal peace treaty as a condition for resuming stalled six-party denuclearization talks on state run television.

The Korean War from 1950 to 1953 ended with a truce² rather than a formal treaty.

The Foreign Ministry³ statement said a treaty is essential for ending a "state of war" that has been a "root cause" of tense relations between the U.S. and North Korea. It also called
for an end to international economic sanctions. 

The United Nations Security Council most recently imposed sanctions on North Korea in June 2009 after Pyongyang conducted two nuclear weapons tests.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.

"The North Koreans are well aware of what they need to do to come  back to six-party talks in dealing⁴ with this issue," said Robert Gibbs. "And that is, give up the idea of a nuclear state on the peninsula, just as it agreed to do several years ago."

Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley also said North Korea must return to the six-party process, but rejected the idea of lifting sanctions as a precondition.

"We've made clear going back several months, we are not going to pay North Korea for coming back to the six-party process," said Philip Crowley.

China, Russia, Japan, the United States and South Korea have been attempting to persuade North Korea for nearly seven years to abandon nuclear weapons in exchange for financial, energy, and diplomatic incentives⁵.

An agreement that North Korea signed with the five nations in September 2005 lays out a framework for gradual moves toward a peace agreement, in tandem⁶ with disarmament.

1 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

5 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 tandem   

n.同时发生；配合；adv.一个跟着一个地；纵排地；adj.（两匹马）前后纵列的

参考例句：

• Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。
• He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。