Bangkok, Thailand ? President Bush said today the United States had no intention of invading North Korea but he ruled out signing a non-aggression treaty to persuade Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions.

Bush said he would talk with Asian leaders about how to defuse nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula.

“We think there’s an opportunity to move the process forward, and we’re going to discuss it with our partners,” Bush said. “We will not have a treaty, if that’s what you’re asking. That’s off the table.”