N. Korea Pulls Out of U.N.

Summit
North Korea brought out of a U.N. summit inside new York and a hoped-for meeting along with
South Koreas president since involving rude along with provocative remedy through U.S. safety
upon Tuesday at Frankfurt airport, North Korea said.
The delegation to the U.N. Millennium Summit had been led by KimYong-nam, chairman involving
North Koreas Supreme Peoples Assembly, whom within North Korean protocol will be head involving
state and No. two within the government hierarchy.
There have been hopes which he'd meet South KoreanPresident Kim Dae-Jung throughout Ny to
adhere to alongside with up the June summit among both Koreas.

The delegation had been thanks to always be able to fly in American Airlines onMonday to
participate a lot much more than 100 heads associated with state gathering within NewYork for the
summit, which in turn begins today.
Hooligans and Rogues
Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon informed the information conferencethat the delegation had
made your decision to occur back house simply because associated with itsrude as well as
provocative therapy by U.S. security staff.
U.S. air security officials opened suitcases andhandbags of each and every person in the presidential
entourage, forcedthem to consider off clothes along with shoes and also completely searched
eventhe sensitive parts of the body, he said.
North Korea warned involving retaliation against an unbearablemockery with the sovereignty of an
independent state along using a gravechallenge to the united Nations and additionally the summit
organized by simply itin a new Foreign Ministry statement revealed by the North Koreannews
agency KCNA.
The recent happening goes to show the U.S. is actually theworlds greatest state regarding hooligans
and rogues. The idea can be anentirely reputable exercise in our sovereignty for most of us to takea
strong measure from the brigandish and also brazen-faced act ofthe U.S.
The U.S. will arrive at understand exactly what a dear price it'll haveto pay pertaining to getting

harm our peoples dignity, it said.

Choe mentioned there could obviously be zero meeting using SouthKorean officials inside New York,
yet North Korea did not blame itsneighbor inside any way for that incident and the man stressed in
which talkshad been likely well.
I consider there is going to be any likelihood for any meeting [in thefuture]. the likelihood is lost this
time, he informed reporters,referring towards the dialogue among both Koreas, which usually began
inJune after virtually 50 many a lengthy time of hostility.
Airline Expresses Regret
American Airlines separately expressed regret at theinconvenience caused your diplomats, but said
workers wereonly carrying out his shoes from korea or her jobs.
As any U.S. carrier we are obliged beneath Federal AviationAdministration regulations to transport
out stringent securityprocedures regarding most passengers vacationing in our internationalflights,
it mentioned inside a statement.
The airline said the actual North Koreans would have been able tocontinue their own journey for you
to Ny in yet another carrier.
The North Koreans asserted U.S. security staff advised themthey were carrying out orders on how to
deal with nationals ofrogue states as well as claimed the Usa had been becoming doublefaced after
President Clinton invited these people into the country.
The U.S. side must help make an official apology for its actcommitted contrary for you to the
president, it said.
White Residence spokesman Joe Lockhart stated your search, such as a new pat-down of the
diplomats along together with a luggage check, had been partially a consequence of
misunderstandings.
It would become a combination of unfamiliarity together with our procedures andI believe a number
of unfamiliarity around the portion there [in Frankfurt] withthe delegation coming through, he said.
Lockhart mentioned the actual United States of America had looked forward to always be able to
NorthKorean participation inside the U.N. summit. We regret which they goton an airplane along
with headed again home, he said.
Lockhart denied the North Korean delegation has been strip searched.
Reuters and also Your Connected Press contributed to this report.