| | Korea Focus - Magazine - The Korea Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | However, similar to past North Korean demands, the demand for a nonaggression pact may be a diversionary tactic of the North in an attempt to exert influence over the overall direction of the nuclear talks, distract other parties from approaching the core of the nuclear issue, and maximize its gains. |
 | | Pyeongyang is likely to claim that there is no reason whatsoever for maintaining U.S. troops in South Korea now that Pyeongyang and Washington have promised not to use military force against each other. |
 | | In particular, Pyeongyang might argue that the Military Armistice Agreement is no longer be valid, and it is thus urgent for a peace agreement to be expeditiously concluded between North Korea and the United States. |
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