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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (2) Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Storms knock out TVA nuclear units, power lines 27 Apr 2011 Alabama storms, tornoadoes kill 45 -authorities 27 Apr 2011 Exclusive: Facebook investors look for exits 27 Apr 2011 UPDATE 8-Buffett's Berkshire says Sokol deceived, broke law 27 Apr 2011 UPDATE 3-Sony gamers threaten to leave after hack 27 Apr 2011 Discussed 150 Texas governor calls for prayers for rain 138 Obama sees no magic bullet to push down gas prices 90 White House releases longer Obama birth certificate Watched Fire ants form rafts to defy floods Tue, Apr 26 2011 Nokia announces layoffs, outsourcing Wed, Apr 27 2011 Tornado caught on security camera video Tue, Apr 26 2011 N.Korea demands U.S. security guarantee for nuclear talks:Carter Tweet Share this By Jeremy Laurence SEOUL (Reuters) - Reclusive North Korea has refused to make major concessions in talks with ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter, insisting Washington provide some kind of security guarantee in return for giving up its nuclear weapons... Email Print Related News North Korea boat retreats after warning shots fired: South Wed, Apr 27 2011 WRAPUP 7-U.S. and Britain aim to step up pressure on Gaddafi Tue, Apr 26 2011 Carter arrives in North Korea on peace-building mission Tue, Apr 26 2011 Auto production faces bigger hit after Japan quake Mon, Apr 25 2011 China, S. Korea rebuff Japan on import restrictions after quake Sun, Apr 24 2011 Analysis & Opinion China-Pakistan-Afghanistan-building economic ties Why your aging parent needs a geriatric care manager Related Topics World » Politics » North Korea » By Jeremy Laurence SEOUL | Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:58pm EDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Reclusive North Korea has refused to make major concessions in talks with ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter, insisting Washington provide some kind of security guarantee in return for giving up its nuclear weapons programme, the former leader said in a blog. Carter and three other former state leaders -- known as The Elders -- were due to leave Pyongyang on Thursday after a "private" visit aimed at defusing tensions on the peninsula, as well as discussing the impoverished North's pleas for food aid. The North has said it wants to rejoin international aid-for-disarmament talks, which it walked out of over two years ago in anger over a new round of U.N. sanctions for its second nuclear test and a long-range missile test. "We are hearing consistently throughout our busy schedule here in Pyongyang that the North wants to improve relations with America and is prepared to talk without preconditions to both the U.S. and South Korea on any subject," Carter wrote in a blog on Wednesday on the Elders website (www.theelders.org) "The sticking point -- and it's a big one -- is that they won't give up their nuclear programme without some kind of security guarantee from the U.S." The North has repeatedly stated it wants an assurance the United States will not attack it, as well as a peace treaty. Some 30,000 American troops are based in South Korea, which is technically at war with its neighbor, having only signed a truce to end the 1950-53 Korean War . "It is to my mind a tragedy that, more than 60 years after the Armistice that ended the Korean War, North and South Korea have not signed a peace treaty," Carter wrote. "My country, the United States, is South Korea's guarantor, which creates enormous anxiety among the North Korean people and drains their political energy and resources." ELDER STATESMEN MAY STILL MEET KIM JONG-IL Carter and his team -- comprising former Irish President Mary Robinson, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari and ex-Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Brundtland -- have met the North's ceremonial head of state and foreign minister. Experts say there is a possibility they will also meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son and heir apparent Kim Jong-un before departing for Seoul on Thursday. Carter's visit comes as momentum builds toward a resumption of aid-for-disarmament talks involving the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia. South Korea, with Washington's backing, has demanded the North "show a responsible attitude" for last year's two deadly attacks on the peninsula for the talks to restart. The North denies responsibility for the torpedoing of a South Korean warship last year, and said it shelled Yongpyeong island after South Korea test-fired artillery into its waters. Shuttle diplomacy between the six-party envoys has increased in recent weeks, and China's nuclear envoy and his South Korean counterpart agreed in Seoul this week on a stage-by-stage process for restarting the talks. However, both Seoul and Washington are skeptical about the North's sincerity about denuclearizing, citing its revelations last year of major advances in a uranium enrichment programme which could open a second route to make an atomic bomb. Experts say the North already has enough fissile material from its plutonium programme to make about eight nuclear bombs. Few people believe the secretive North will ever give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons, saying they serve as a deterrent against attack as well as being the ultimate bargaining chip. (Editing by Ron Popeski) World Politics North Korea Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (2) PrincipeReale wrote: Go home Jimmie. You didn’t do anything as President and you make us all look silly when you go on these trips. Your crops of peanuts are waiting for you. Perhaps you can do that right. Apr 27, 2011 10:24pm EDT -- Report as abuse BigK007 wrote: bravo mr carter! bravo for another attempt at dislodging the axis of evil from their secret mountain hideout! now the enemies of freedom can cower in their caves and be isolated in the global arena as the defenders of democracy rise up and challenge their every move! now with our south korean heroes nothing can stop the forces of freedom from overruning the north with options of diplomatic immunities as well as ripe developmental packages with options up to 5 years. i think its time the north reconsiders its values and joins the globalized community as the west is tired of stockpiling arms and we’ve all seen the 2nd rate american campaign in libya. imagine what 1st rate american war is like. this is no time to be an insurgent. we’re all basking in the nuclear glow of japan so there’s no threats of nuclear retaliation. we’re all dying from japan now. its time for the north to prove their worth and aid in the restoration of the japanese reactor so that it don’t wipe out the planet. where’s the north korean nuclear experts to aid the west with this global calamity? now we all share in the plight. there’s no need for war. japans nuclear contamination will wipe us all out soon enough. its time for the north to aid humanity. we need its expertise. they have the technology. north korea is needed to end this global crisis. 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