NORTH Korean state media has said it was “self-confidence” and not sanctions that drove it to seek talks with South Korea and the US, saying warming relations are thanks to its “proactive measure and peace-loving proposal.”
NORTH Korean state media has said it was “self-confidence” and not sanctions that drove it to seek talks with South Korea and the US, saying warming relations are thanks to its “proactive measure and peace-loving proposal.”
Pyongyang also dismissed suggestions US President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” tactics were the cause of improved ties in a commentary published by the country’s official Korean Central News Agency .
It said officials in the United States had been taking credit, saying “Trump’s high-intensity sanctions and pressure strategy proves effective,” or that the international sanctions had pushed North Korea to a point at which “it can no longer sustain itself.” Those claims are false, the commentary said.
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“Such rubbish as ‘result of sanctions and pressure’ and sort of ‘limit’ spread by the hostile forces is just as meaningless as a dog barking at the moon.
