Pyongyang: We will not negotiate with Washington unless it gives up its hostile policy

Pyongyang-Sana

The DPRK on Friday reiterated its refusal to continue negotiations with the United States unless the latter abandon its hostile policy toward Pyongyang.

"We have dealt with the negotiations with optimism that the US side will think and act appropriately by demanding the opening of negotiations by sending repeated signals about its readiness for dialogue," the DPRK Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"The position expressed by representatives of the US side during the negotiations made us feel that our expectations were only empty hope and increased our doubts about whether the United States is indeed seeking to resolve the existing differences through dialogue," the statement said.

"The US side did not present any new proposal and insisted, as usual, on the need for negotiations without guarantees," the State Department said in a statement. A press conference at which he explained our principled position on the negotiations. ”

The DPRK's representative in Sweden talks Kim Myung-gil blamed the United States for the collapse of the talks because of its adherence to its usual positions without offering anything at the negotiating table.

The statement stressed that the recent negotiations have raised doubts about the US political intentions and sincerity in seeking to improve relations between the two sides, pointing out that Washington has published a baseless story that both sides are open to the meeting after two weeks .. But after 99 days of the Panmunjom summit is intolerable Make a proposal that fits our expectations and the international interest during that short period.

The statement concluded that Pyongyang has no intention of conducting such negotiations before the United States takes a substantial step back from its hostile policy toward the DPRK, which threatens the country's security and impedes the DPRK's rights to development and existence.