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2019-04-18 China-Japan-Koreas
North Korea calls for Pompeo to be dropped from talks; tests tactical weapon
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Thursday it no longer wanted to deal with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and said he should be replaced in talks by someone more mature, hours after it announced its first weapons test since nuclear talks broke down.

The North’s official KCNA news agency quoted senior foreign ministry official Kwon Jong Gun as warning that no one could predict the situation on the Korean peninsula if the United States did not abandon the "root cause" that compelled North Korea to develop nuclear weapons.

The statement came shortly after North Korea announced that leader Kim Jong Un had overseen the testing of a new tactical guided weapon, which KCNA said has a "peculiar mode of guiding flight" and "a powerful warhead".

It was the North’s first weapon test since talks in Vietnam between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump in late February broke down over conflicting demands by North Korea for sanctions relief and by the United States for North Korea to abandon its nuclear program.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-04-18 06:30|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 No, problem at all. Please let us introduce our new man.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-04-18 06:41||   2019-04-18 06:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Pompeo must be doing it right.
Posted by Skidmark 2019-04-18 08:18||   2019-04-18 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 This is interesting. Given that Pompeo is merely the front man doing Trump's bidding, is he going to be the sacrificial Bad Cop in this deal? I can't wait to see who replaces him
(please, God, let it be Bolton!)
and look forward to the coming media attack trashing Pompeo for totally ruining the negotiations.

Media Warning Order: Stand by for incoming Journolist transmissions and Orders of the Day.
Posted by SteveS 2019-04-18 10:04||   2019-04-18 10:04|| Front Page Top

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