“The United States is still ready for diplomatic cooperation with the DPRK in order to achieve our goal - the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” he said at a meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly.
According to the diplomat, the US proposal is "still on the table without preconditions."
At the same time, the obligations of the United States to protect Japan and South Korea remain inviolable, RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Earlier, the Ryonghap agency, citing a source, reported that the heads of the intelligence services of South Korea, the United States and Japan intend to hold a meeting in Seoul to discuss the situation around North Korea.
On October 14, the State Department reported that the United States had submitted concrete proposals for cooperation to North Korea and is now awaiting a response from the DPRK.