North Korea demands lifting of sanctions as condition for US dialogue

North Korea named its conditions for talks with the US - the removal of all UN sanctions following Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests, and a promise by Washington not to engage in 'nuclear war practice' with Seoul.North Korea said the Thursday demands will have to be fulfilled if Washington truly seeks any meaningful dialogue with Pyongyang, RT reported."If the United States and the puppet South have the slightest desire to avoid the sledge-hammer blow of our army and the people... and truly wish dialogue and negotiations, they must make the resolute decision," the North's National Defense Commission said in a statement."Firstly, the sanctions resolutions by the UN Security Council that were fabricated with unjust reasons must be withdrawn," the North's top military body said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.