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Although the entire North Korean weapons of mass destruction program is a violation of UN sanctions, the US government is in talks with North Korea, the US State Department said. He also called on the North Korean issue as one of its most important issues and hoped the North Korea negotiations would proceed.

Washington's Kim Su-hyung reports.

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The US State Department today (29th) repeated the message that it wants to negotiate with North Korea through a briefing.

A State Department spokesman says the WMD and weapons of mass destruction have collided with a UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea.

But the United States has said it is trying to negotiate a peaceful end to North Korea's weapons of mass destruction.

The North Korean issue is one of the most important national security issues of our time, he said, and he hopes North Korea's negotiations will proceed.

President Trump reaffirmed that the Department of State wants to talk to North Korea, as well as taking an emotional gesture by reducing the meaning of North Korea's launch vehicle as a small weapon.

Former CIA director John Brennan, who appeared on MSNBC, criticized Trump's remarks as a strong message that he would be willing to betray Korea or Japan if he were willing to deal with North Korea's long-range missile systems.

President Trump said he wants to denuclearize North Korea, but he adds that the probability of that happening is almost zero.