North Korea says no longer considering touch with U.S. That would waste time

 

SEOUL, June 23 (Reuters) - North Korea is not thinking about any touch with the USA that might only waste time, Foreign Minister Ri Son Gwon said on Wednesday.

"We aren't considering even the possibility of any touch with the U.S., not to mention having it, which might get us nowhere, handiest taking on valuable time," Ri stated in a statement carried on state media KCNA.

He made his feedback after the new U.S. Envoy for North Korea stated in Seoul on Monday that he appeared forward to a "superb response soon" on speak from Pyongyang.

North Korea's nuclear weapons programme has been an intractable problem for Washington for years and in trying to exchange that, President Joe Biden's new administration performed a evaluate of coverage and stated it might are looking for "calibrated and practical" approaches to steer Pyongyang to denuclearise.

On Tuesday, the sister of North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, stated in a statement that the USA appeared to be deciphering indicators from North Korea inside the "incorrect way".

Kim Yo Jong, a senior respectable in North Korea's ruling birthday celebration, become responding to U.S. Countrywide protection adviser Jake Sullivan, who on Sunday said he noticed as an "interesting sign" a latest speech by Kim Jong Un on getting ready for each disagreement and diplomacy with the US.

Analysing the responses, 38 North, a Washington-based North Korean monitoring project, stated Pyongyang become making clear it had no plans for instant engagement, "particularly no longer with out some thing greater concrete from Washington than repetition of indistinct policy formulations."

However, it stated the statements were cautiously composed now not to mention "no" to the idea of discussion in trendy, but alternatively as a response to the Biden administration’s "lukewarm" response to Kim Jong Un.

According to 38 North, the foreign minister become rejecting "meaningless" touch, "but by means of implication, extra substantive talks are still viable."

It said it was additionally possible North Korea turned into throwing up objections to buy time until it is ready, given that its COVID-19 restrictions had been nevertheless in vicinity and face-to-face diplomatic touch was not feasible.