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North Korea ratchets up pressure on US to resume talks

2019-04-20 12:41:38       source:The Korea Herald

April 20, 2019


North Korea’s demand for removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from future nuclear talks may escalate into a war of nerves between Pyongyang and Washington before the two sides enter a fresh round of denuclearization negotiations, experts here said Friday. 

The US State Department did not directly respond to North Korean Foreign Ministry’s call for replacing Pompeo, Washington’s top negotiator, with someone who is more “careful and mature.” 


“The US remains ready to engage with North Korea in constructive negotiations,” a US State Department spokesperson said Thursday, saying they were aware of the North’s demands. 


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