A U.S. special envoy said Tuesday that Washington has no intention to invade the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and emphasized the necessity of dialogue.

Stephen Bosworth, the special envoy on the DPRK, said at the Annual Dinner of the New York-based Korea Society that "we have no intention to invade North Korea or change its regime through force, and this has been made clear to the DPRK repeatedly. "

Meanwhile, Bosworth urged the DPRK to return to the negotiation table despite its earlier declaration of withdrawal from the six-party talks. He regarded negotiations and dialogue "the best means" to achieve the goal of complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

"We and the other participants in the talks are committed to work through the six-party process to implement the principles of the September 2005 Joint Statement,” he noted.

He said that future negotiations should establish the irreversible steps that the DPRK "must take to go beyond the impermanent disablement actions previously taken."

"North Korea will not find international acceptance unless it abandons its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery," he added.

Bosworth was appointed as U.S. special envoy on the DPRK by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Seoul in February. He used to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea.

Source: Xinhua