The United State reiterated on Friday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should abandon its nuclear ambitions.

"We have a proposal that we put forward at the last round of talks... it's important for North Korea to come back to the six- party talks so that we can talk about how we move forward on that proposal," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters.

"We have no preconditions for the talks," McClellan said. " North Korea needs to make a strategic decision, and that decision is to abandon their nuclear weapons ambitions.

"And they need to come back to the six-party talks so we can talk about how we move forward on the proposal we have put on the table. It's a proposal that we believe addresses the concerns of all parties," McClellan said.

The six-party talks, involving the United States, the DPRK, the Republic of Korea, China, Japan and Russia, have been stalled since June 2004.