This was stated by Mark Knapper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific.

He acknowledged that there has been little progress in relations between the two countries lately.

“Regardless of this, however, our signal to [Pyongyang] both publicly and privately is that the door for diplomacy remains open.

The door for finding the way forward remains open, ”TASS quotes him.

According to him, Washington sincerely hopes to be able to transform relations with North Korea and carry out the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

In August, US President Donald Trump announced a good relationship with the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un.