U.S. open to North Korea talks despite missile program activity.
WASHINGTON/SEOUL - U.S. President Donald Trump is open to additional talks with Pyongyang over denuclearisation, his national security adviser said on Thursday, despite reports that North Korea is reactivating parts of its missile program.
The reports of North Korean activity raise more questions about the future of the dialogue Trump has pursued with Kim after a second summit between them broke down in Vietnam last week.White House national security adviser John Bolton, a hard-liner who has argued for a tough approach to North Korea in the past, said Trump was still open to more talks with the country.
Trump, eager for a big foreign policy win on North Korea that has eluded his predecessors for decades, has repeatedly stressed his good relationship with Kim. He went as far late last year as saying they"fell in love," but the bonhomie has failed so far to bridge the wide gap between the two sides.U.S.
The official, who did not want to be identified, said the U.S. side still saw North Korea's complete denuclearisation as achievable within Trump's current term, which ends in January 2021. The Sanumdong factory produced the Hwasong-15 ICBM, which can fly more than 13,000 km . After a test flight in 2017, North Korea declared the completion of its"state nuclear force" before pursuing talks with South Korea and the United States last year.
It called the action"an affront" to Trump’s diplomatic strategy that showed North Korean pique at his refusal to lift sanctions.Some analysts see the work as aimed at pressing Washington to agree to a deal, rather than as a definite move to resume tests.
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