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PYONGYANG, Feb 12 (Reuters) - North Korea said it on Wednesday it sought a peaceful resolution of its nuclear crisis with the United States, but would retaliate against any attack.

It expressed frustration with Washington for refusing direct negotiations and appealed to Britain to use its close relationship with the United States to set up face-to-face talks to hammer out a non-aggression treaty to resolve the crisis.

And Pyongyang, through a Foreign Ministry official, stressed it had no intention of producing nuclear weapons despite its withdrawal from a key global nuclear treaty and moving to re-start a reactor capable of producing weapons grade plutonium.

"Our army and the people will retaliate if the U.S. infringes even one inch on the territory, the water or the air of our country," senior foreign ministry official Ri Hui-chol told Reuters. "We believe we will succeed," Ri said in an interview. 

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