North Korea announced yesterday that it was "not interested" in dialogue with the United States unless the latter stopped its "increasing hostile military activities," in a position that comes a day after a US envoy from Seoul announced his country's readiness to resume bilateral negotiations with Pyongyang.
The US special envoy to North Korea, Stephen Pigeon, announced yesterday from Seoul that the United States is "ready" to resume bilateral talks, which have been stalled for months, with North Korea.
Talks stalled after a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un failed in Hanoi in February. But a spokesman for the North Korean Foreign Ministry yesterday dashed hopes of resuming dialogue, considering Washington's recent test of a medium-range cruise missile and its intention to deploy F-35 fighter jets in the region. To a new Cold War. ”
The spokesman, in an official statement, that these steps "force us to think in a realistic way, to focus our attention more on strengthening physical deterrence."