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Bush rules out nonaggression treaty with North Korea

TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent Saturday, October 18, 2003

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(10-18) 21:43 PDT BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) --

President Bush, gathering with Asian leaders, said Sunday the United States has no intention of invading Noth Korea but he ruled out signing a non-aggression treaty to persuade Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions.

Bush said he would talk with Asian leaders about how to defuse nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula.

"We think there's an opportunity to move the process forward and we're going to discuss it with our partners," Bush said. "We will not have a treaty, if that's what you're asking. That's off the table."


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