President George W. Bush on Tuesday said there were still diplomatic options available to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions without having to resort to a military strike , Reuters reported. "It's either diplomacy or military. And I am for the diplomacy approach," Bush told reporters at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden, Reuters reported. "And so for those who say that we ought to be using our military to solve the problem, I would say that while all options are on the table, we've got a ways to go to solve this diplomatically," he said. The United States has been pressing North Korea to return to six-nation talks to give up its nuclear weapons program, but so far without success. For nearly a year, North Korea has boycotted the talks that also involve China, South Korea, Japan and Russia. Concerns that North Korea might be preparing for a nuclear test have added impetus to bringing Pyongyang back to negotiations. --More 2326 Local Time 2026 GMT
