Seoul: North Korea said on August 2 that any move by the United States to bring Pyongyang's nuclear crisis to the UN Security Council would derail planned six-nation talks on the issue and could lead to war.

Any move to discuss the nuclear issue at the U N Security Council is little short of a prelude to a war, official North Korean news agency said.

It said the resumption of talks depended entirely on whether Washington dropped what Pyongyang calls its hostile policy towards the North.

North Korea and the United States said on August 1 they had agreed to hold six-way talks on the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear intentions. China, Japan, Russia and South Korea will also attend.

ANI