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North Korea has accused the United States of torpedoing six-party talks on its nuclear programme.

The US should provide North Korea with light-water nuclear reactors as soon as possible to build confidence in nuclear disarmament talks, North Korea’s deputy foreign minister told the UN General Assembly today.

NORTH KOREA said yesterday it had converted the plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into weapons to serve as a deterrent against a possible nuclear strike by the US.

NORTH KOREA raised the stakes in a nuclear standoff yesterday by saying for the first time it had processed fuel rods that could be used to make atomic bombs.

NORTH KOREA said was willing to discuss its nuclear programme with the US and the International Atomic Energy Agency, but insisted a non-aggression pact was the only way to defuse the crisis.

North Korea today tried to defuse its nuclear spat with Washington and offered talks without preconditions.