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North Korea reacts to Pompeo 'insult' with threat to cut off talks
Source: Agence France-Presse
North Korea reacts to Pompeo 'insult' with threat to cut off talks
Agence France-Presse
Tue 31 Mar 2020 01.05 BST
North Korea has warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States but Mike Pompeo has said the US still looked forward to talks, even after the North called his insistence on sanctions “ludicrous”.
The US secretary of state has asked nations to “stay committed to applying diplomatic and economic pressure” over the North’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes while calling on it to return to talks.
Missile tests by Pyongyang have come during a long break in disarmament talks with the US and despite Washington offering help against the coronavirus pandemic.
“Listening to Pompeo’s ludicrous language made us give up on any hopes for dialogue,” an unnamed official said, according to the North’s Korean Central News Agency. “We will walk our way.”
Analysts say the North continues to develop weapons more than a year after a summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump broke down in Vietnam. Negotiations have since been deadlocked.
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Agence France-Presse
Tue 31 Mar 2020 01.05 BST
North Korea has warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States but Mike Pompeo has said the US still looked forward to talks, even after the North called his insistence on sanctions “ludicrous”.
The US secretary of state has asked nations to “stay committed to applying diplomatic and economic pressure” over the North’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes while calling on it to return to talks.
Missile tests by Pyongyang have come during a long break in disarmament talks with the US and despite Washington offering help against the coronavirus pandemic.
“Listening to Pompeo’s ludicrous language made us give up on any hopes for dialogue,” an unnamed official said, according to the North’s Korean Central News Agency. “We will walk our way.”
Analysts say the North continues to develop weapons more than a year after a summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump broke down in Vietnam. Negotiations have since been deadlocked.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/north-korea-reacts-to-pompeo-insult-with-threat-to-cut-off-talks
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