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| U.S. directly communicating with North Korea, seeks dialogue |
| 2017-10-01 |
| [Reuters] BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday it was directly communicating with North Korea on its nuclear and missile programs but Pyongyang had shown no interest in dialogue. The disclosure by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a trip to China represented the first time he has spoken to such an extent about U.S. outreach to North Korea over its pursuit of a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile. "We are probing so stay tuned," Tillerson told a group of reporters in Beijing. "We ask: ’Would you like to talk?’ We have lines of communications to Pyongyang. We’re not in a dark situation, a blackout." He said that communication was happening directly and cited two or three U.S. channels open to Pyongyang. "We can talk to them. We do talk to them," he said, without elaborating about which Americans were involved in those contacts or how frequent or substantive they were. The goal of any initial dialogue would be simple: finding out directly from North Korea what it wants to discuss. "We haven’t even gotten that far yet," he said. Trying to tamp down expectations, the State Department said later there were no signs Pyongyang was interested in talks. "North Korean officials have shown no indication that they are interested in or are ready for talks regarding denuclearization," department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Good cop bad cop deal. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-10-01 11:19 |
| #3 As long as rocketman is a rational actor, what more do you want to do? |
| Posted by: newc 2017-10-01 03:33 |
| #2 August 22, 2017: "Tillerson commends North Korea for restraint" September 3, 2017: "North Korea explodes 100-250 kt nuclear device" Let's hope |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-10-01 03:32 |
| #1 Nearly seventy years of 'dialogue' has accomplished so much. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-01 03:16 |