US should \u201croll back\u201d its hostile policy against North Korea before any dialogue between the two countries can be launched, North Korea’s deputy UN envoy said.<\/b>
\n\u201cAs everybody knows, the Americans have gestured [toward] dialogue, \u201d Deputy UN Ambassador Kim In Ryong told reporters Friday, as cited by Reuters. \u201cBut what is important is not words, but actions.\u201d
Any dialogue between the two countries, however, would be impossible unless the US ceased its „hostile policy, “ the envoy said.
\u201cThe rolling back of the hostile policy towards DPRK is the prerequisite for solving all the problems in the Korean Peninsula, \u201d he said. \u201cTherefore, the urgent issue to be settled on the Korean Peninsula is to put a definite end to the US hostile policy towards DPRK, the root cause of all problems.\u201d
The ambassador praised the latest successful North Korean missile launch, stating that the country would not give in to US pressure.
\u201cThe US should mind that the DPRK nuclear strike capability will be strengthened and developed at a rapidly high speed as long as the US insists on its anti-DPRK policy, nasty nuclear threats and blackmail, sanctions and pressure, \u201d the envoy said, as cited by AP.
The missile launch was unanimously condemned by the UN Security Council as a violation in defiance of UN sanctions. The UNSC vowed to take new measures against North Korea, which might include additional sanctions.
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said at a press conference on Friday that the US was engaged in diplomatic efforts to counter Pyongyang.
\u201cIf this goes to a military solution, it\u2019s going to be tragic on an unbelievable scale, \u201d Mattis said. „So our effort is to work with the UN, work with China, work with Japan, work with South Korea to try to find a way out of this situation.“
North Korea has said it carried out a successful test of a new ballistic missile on May 14. It said that the rocket was capable of carrying \u201cpowerful heavyweight nuclear warheads.\u201d
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, in the aftermath of the test, said that it was prompted by Kim Jong-un’s \u201cparanoia\u201d and described North Korea as \u201ca true threat to every country in the world.\u201d She urged other countries to sever ties with Pyongyang.
\u201cYou either support North Korea, or you support us, \u201d Haley said. \u201cYou have to choose, you have to pick a side.\u201d<\/p>\n

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