U. S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday said the United States, South Korea and Japan were in complete agreement on isolating North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme, even as the two Koreas deepened their diplomatic detente at the Winter Olympics.
WASHINGTON: U. S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday said the United States, South Korea and Japan were in complete agreement on isolating North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme, even as the two Koreas deepened their diplomatic detente at the Winter Olympics.
« There is no daylight between the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan on the need to continue to isolate North Korea economically and diplomatically until they abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile programme, » Pence told reporters during a flight to the United States following his visit to South Korea, where the Olympic games are being held.
A senior administration official aboard Pence’s airplane also told reporters that South Korea and Japan « are solidly with our alliance and the need to continue and intensify economic sanctions. »
Last month, a White House official told reporters Pence would attend the Winter Olympics opening to cheer American athletes and to counter any North Korean effort to « hijack » the games with a propaganda campaign.
