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A senior North Korean diplomat said Wednesday that his country was willing to have “any kind of talks” to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula, while at the same time repeating its call for the United States to dismantle its military command in South Korea. In the second news conference on the subject staged by its senior diplomats in less than three weeks, So Se-pyong, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, called for the dissolution of the United Nations military command led by the United States as a prerequisite for calming the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The alliance is called the United Nations Command, although the United Nations plays no role. If the United States made a “bold decision” on the issue, the North would also be in favor of taking confidence-building measures, Mr. So said, setting out the same case presented by North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York last month. A senior North Korean diplomat said Wednesday that his country was willing to have “any kind of talks” to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula, while at the same time repeating its call for the United States to dismantle its military command in South Korea. In the second news conference on the subject staged by its senior diplomats in less than three weeks, So Se-pyong, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, called for the dissolution of the United Nations military command led by the United States as a prerequisite for calming the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The alliance is called the United Nations Command, although the United Nations plays no role. If the United States made a “bold decision” on this issue, the North would also be in favor of taking confidence-building measures, Mr. So said, setting out the same case presented by North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York last month.