Reference News Network reported on March 18 that according to the North Korean Central News Agency, the first deputy minister of the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Choi Sun Hee, issued a statement on the 18th local time saying that the United States has tried to contact North Korea several times, but unless the United States abandons its hostile policy towards North Korea, North Korea will There is no contact with the United States, and there is no need to respond to the U.S. request for dialogue.
Cui Shanji emphasized in the statement that the United States has recently requested dialogue with North Korea through multiple channels such as e-mail and telephone, including the channel in New York, but the dialogue should be established on an equal basis, and the United States should abandon the use of North Korea-US contacts to gain time. And the trick of exerting influence on public opinion.
Cui Shanji emphasized that North Korea has made it clear that it is impossible for North Korea and the United States to engage in any form of dialogue before the United States abandons its hostile policy against North Korea. The United States has always adopted a high-pressure policy against North Korea. After the Biden administration came to power, North Korea has only heard of "the threat from North Korea." The words of the United States, the White House, the State Department, the Department of Justice, and the Ministry of Finance have been obsessed with deterring and further sanctions against North Korea, and planning international meetings against North Korea. Therefore, North Korea will continue to ignore the United States’ demands for dialogue in the future.
(Compile/Wang Bingfei)