North Korean Ambassador to the UN: "Denuclearization is already off the table in talks with the US"

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Kim Song has stated that the "sustained and substantial dialogue" sought by Washington was a "time-saving trick" to adapt to its internal political agenda.

 

The North Korean ambassador to the UN, Kim Song, said Saturday that the denuclearization of his country "is already off the table" in talks with the US, according to Reuters.

"We don't need to have long conversations with the United States now and denuclearization is no longer at the negotiating table," the official said.

Song also noted that the "sustained and substantial dialogue" sought by Washington was a "time-saving trick" to adapt to its internal political agenda, referring to the 2020 presidential elections in the US.

Warning Exchange

On Tuesday, North Korean Vice Chancellor Ri Thae Song recalled that the deadline for dialogue between the US and North Korea, which has repeatedly asked Washington to change its policy of demanding Pionyang's unilateral denuclearization and has urged relief from sanctions, is met at the end of this year.

"What remains to be done now depends on the United States and it will be the decision of the United States which Christmas gift it will choose," Ri added.

Previously, the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, warned that he could take an unspecified "new road" next year, causing speculation that it was the return to the nuclear bomb and long-range missile tests, suspended since 2017, according to Reuters.

US President Donald Trump, on the other hand, has not shunned threats either. Although he did not threaten Kim Jong-un with "fire and fury" as he did in 2017, the White House tenant warned the North Korean leader on Tuesday that he does "have to use" all the Pentagon's power against Korea. North, it will.

North Korea responded to this statement by announcing "preparations to face" possible US military actions.

The chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, Pak Jong Chon, warned that US military actions they could lead to a "large-scale armed conflict" between the two nations and stressed that the use of force against North Korea will have "horrible" consequences for the US.

 

US tension and North Korea
Tensions on the Korean peninsula reached a peak of tension last year after Pionyang successfully tested a ballistic missile with a range long enough to reach the west coast of the United States.

At that time, Trump threatened North Korea, but then changed his position and negotiated an agreement with Kim Jong-un that, in general, described a desire to denuclearize the region in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. However, that agreement has not yet translated into concrete steps.