North Korea Rejects Diplomacy With The U.S..

The European Union is set to impose tougher new sanctions upon the regime in North Korea. Reuters.

CNN: North Korea rejects diplomacy with US for now, source says

Washington (CNN)A North Korean official reaffirmed Pyongyang's commitment to developing a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching "all the way to the East coast of the mainland US," on Monday, telling CNN that the rogue nation is currently not interested in diplomacy with the US until it achieves that goal.

North Korea is not ruling out diplomacy, but "before we can engage in diplomacy with the Trump administration, we want to send a clear message that the DPRK has a reliable defensive and offensive capability to counter any aggression from the United States," the official said.

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WNU Editor: If this CNN report is true, then President Trump, President Obama, Japan and South Korea have been right .... Is Trying To Talk With North Korea A Waste Of Time? (October 1, 2017). There is also (IMHO) a lot of truth to this observation .... N.K. unlikely to talk until securing ICBM capability that levels playing field: Robert Gallucci (Yonhap News Agency). More here .... North Korea Unlikely to Negotiate Until It Can Hit US With Nukes, Says Former Ambassador (Epoch Times). In the meantime the North Korean narrative is to blame the U.S. for everything .... North Korea Says It Tested Its Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Yet Because of the U.S.’ ‘Belligerent Policy’ (Newsweek).