The North Korean foreign ministry demanded the U. S. abandon its
North Korea has issued its latest demand that the U. S. work harder to find common ground on sanctions relief and denuclearization, warning leaders in Washington that patience in Kim Jong Un’s regime is wearing thin.
A statement issued Tuesday by the North Korean foreign ministry said the U. S. must abandon its « current way of calculation » if it wished to revive talks between the two nations, which stalled following the collapse of February’s bilateral summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The statement was carried by the Rodong Sinmun newspaper—the official publication of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. It said an adjustment to America’s approach would be the « correct strategic choice » to keep alive the joint statement signed by Kim and President Donald Trump in Singapore in June 2018, in which both committed to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
The message—attributed to a ministry spokesperson—said the survival of the agreement depends on how America responds to « our fair and reasonable stand.
