The United States and a number of Western countries expressed readiness for diplomatic cooperation with the DPRK

“Our goal is a verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

To this end, we are ready to enter into stable diplomatic interaction and support it, "RIA Novosti reports.

According to her, "now the DPRK must choose dialogue and peace instead of its illegal and threatening weapons program."

As noted, the DPRK should "refrain from further destabilizing actions, abandon its prohibited weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile program and enter into a substantive dialogue towards a common goal - complete denuclearization."

Earlier it was reported that the DPRK launched an unknown projectile towards the Sea of ​​Japan.

Later, it was reported that North Korea had tested a hypersonic missile.

In December, State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter said the United States hoped for a positive response from the DPRK authorities to the proposal to build a dialogue.