North Korea open to talks but not with US 'brandishing a nuclear stick' [View all]
Source: The Guardian
North Korea is open to talks, but not while the US is "brandishing a nuclear stick", its state news agency has said.
The statement came on Wednesday as President Barack Obama said more provocative behaviour by Pyongyang was likely but would not be rewarded. The North has made a series of threats against South Korea and the US and cut off co-operation at the joint industrial park it operates with Seoul, reflecting its anger at tightened sanctions due to its third nuclear test and joint US-South Korean military drills.
The secretary of state, John Kerry, earlier said that the US was prepared to reach out but the North would have to demonstrate good faith by taking steps to meet its previous commitments as he wrapped up his tour of Asia.
Obama said he anticipated that "North Korea will probably make more provocative moves over the next several weeks, but our hope is we can contain it and we can move into a different phase, in which they try to work through diplomatically some of these issues so they can get back on a path where they're actually feeding their people."
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/17/north-korea-talks-us-nuclear-stick
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