“The hope of improving relations between the DPRK and the United States, which were in the air two years ago and attracted general attention, returned to hopelessness, characterized by increasing deterioration,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

On June 30, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un completed negotiations in the demilitarized zone on the Korean Peninsula.

In December 2019, Trump said that he denied the possibility of Pyongyang hostile actions against Washington.