Wednesday, January 22, 2020

North Korea Walks Away From Nuclear Talks With United States





ABC News Online: North Korea walks away from nuclear talks with United States, blaming 'brutal and inhumane' sanctions

North Korea has walked away from nuclear talks with the United States, saying a 2019 year-end deadline for the talks had been ignored so it no longer felt bound by commitments, which included a halt to its nuclear testing and the firing of inter-continental ballistic missiles.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had earlier set a December 31 deadline for denuclearisation talks with the US and White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien said at the time the US had opened channels of communication.

Mr O'Brien said he hoped Kim would follow through on denuclearisation commitments he made at summits with US President Donald Trump.

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More News On North Korea Walking Away From Nuclear Talks With United States

North Korea abandons nuclear freeze pledge, blames 'brutal' U.S. sanctions -- Reuters
North Korea says may seek 'new path' of weapons build-up -- AFP
'A new path': North Korea threatens scrapping promise to halt nuclear tests -- Washington Examiner
North Korea won’t be bound by old commitments if US continues ‘most brutal and inhuman sanctions’ – senior diplomat -- RT

2 comments:

Roger Smith said...


Let them eat rockets.
On top of this, the needed rice imports will be Chinese. Uh oh. The plague will be coming.

Bob Huntley said...

Once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Dealing with Trump is a waiting game. Everyone expects he will be gone soon, if not sooner.