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By Music Sang-ho
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Yonhap) — America stays open to dialogue with North Korea “with out preconditions,” and dedicated to the “full” denuclearization of the recalcitrant nation, a State Division spokesperson stated Thursday.
The spokesperson’s remarks got here after Pyongyang’s state media reported Thursday (Seoul time) that North Korean chief Kim Jong-un visited a newly launched nuclear materials manufacturing facility earlier this week, vowing to “exponentially” strengthen the nation’s nuclear arsenal.
“America stays open to dialogue with North Korea with out preconditions,” the spokesperson stated in response to Yonhap Information Company’s request for remark. “America stays dedicated to the entire denuclearization of North Korea.”
The remark reaffirmed a want by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to reengage with North Korea amid rising considerations that Pyongyang has been doubling down on its nuclear and ballistic missile applications within the absence of diplomacy with Washington and Seoul.
The North’s official Korean Central Information Company reported on Kim’s go to to the nuclear materials manufacturing website on Wednesday, with out offering additional particulars in regards to the facility.
At a key get together congress in February, Pyongyang reaffirmed its standing as an “irreversible” nuclear-armed state, vowing to strengthen its nuclear deterrence as a part of a five-year army modernization plan, although Seoul, Washington and Tokyo have reiterated their dedication to the North’s denuclearization.
The State Division in Washington. (Yonhap)
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