Bush warns NKorea against selling nuclear arms

Washington, Oct 19: US President George W Bush warned North Korea it would be ''held to account'' if it sold nuclear weapons to Iran or al Qaeda.

''If we get intelligence that they're about to transfer nuclear weapons, we would stop the transfer,'' Bush said in an interview yesterday with ABC News in which he said Pyongyang would face ''grave consequences'' for such actions.

The United States and others suspect that Pyongyang may carry out a second nuclear test despite international condemnation and UN Security Council sanctions for its October 9 underground explosion.

REUTERS