BEIJING. March 27 (Interfax-AVN) - Beijing has concluded that the problem with the transfer of North Korean funds that arose during the sixth round of the six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear problem was artificially created by the United States, a source close to Chinese government circles told Interfax on Tuesday.
"The United States took a cunning step. It foresaw that there would be trouble with the return of money to Pyongyang," the source said.
Formally, the United States honored its pledge to lift sanctions against North Korean accounts at BDA bank, giving the final say to China and North Korea, knowing that China would face difficulties with money transfers.
"Washington had the goal of driving one more wedge between China and North Korea, in which it virtually succeeded," he said.
The source said that the United States clearly foresaw that at the stage of actual money transfer Chinese banks would warn the government about the possible consequences and China would drop its role of mediator, thus provoking North Korea.
The source said that head of the North Korean delegation to the six-nation talks Kim Kye-gwan before departure from Beijing made it understood that his country was dismayed by China's stance, which proclaims "fraternal relations with North Korea, but deserts its brothers in time of need."