The United States hopes that North Korea will seize the opportunity to embark on the diplomatic path for the denuclearization of the peninsula, said Monday the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who presented to the G7 the approach of the Biden administration on the subject.
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"
I hope North Korea will take the opportunity to engage diplomatically and see if there are ways to move forward towards the goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
," he said. at the G7 Heads of Diplomacy meeting in London. "
So we are waiting to see not only what North Korea says, but also what it will actually do in the days and months to come,
" he added, "
we have I think a clear policy, very clear, focused on diplomacy. And it is, I think, for North Korea to decide whether it wants to commit or not on this basis
”. US President Joe Biden said last week that he would use "
diplomacy just as much assevere deterrence
To contain Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. North Korea responded by believing that Joe Biden maintains a "
hostile policy
" in force for half a century.
