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North Korean leader opens door to dialogue with Biden without ruling out "confrontation"

2021-06-22T09:32:16.246Z


Kim Jong-un called on his country to prepare "for both dialogue and confrontation" with the United States, in his first direct allusion to possible negotiations with Washington since Joe Biden came to power. 


North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called on his country to prepare

"for both dialogue and confrontation"

with the United States, in his first direct allusion to possible negotiations with Washington since Joe Biden came to power. . 

Kim called for "fully preparing" for the confrontation in order to "protect the dignity and interests" of the country to "ensure a peaceful and safe environment," according to the country's news agency, KCNA.

The Biden Administration has worked to formulate a

new approach to

North Korea's nuclear program that it describes as "calibrated and practical."

US officials have suggested that Biden seeks a

compromise

between Trump's direct meetings with Kim and former President Barack Obama's "strategic patience" to curb Kim's nuclear program.

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Earlier this week, the leaders of the Group of Seven wealthiest countries (G-7) issued a statement calling for the

complete denuclearization

of the Korean peninsula and "the verifiable and irreversible abandonment" of the nuclear and nuclear programs. North Korean missiles.

They also called on North Korea to commit and resume the dialogue.

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Sung Kim, the top US official in North Korea, will visit Seoul on Saturday for a trilateral meeting with South Korean and Japanese officials.

His trip underscores the importance of cooperation between the three countries to work on the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, according to the State Department.

Kim has recently threatened to

expand his nuclear arsenal

and build high-tech weapons aimed at the continental United States if Washington refuses to abandon its hostile policy toward North Korea.

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In March, Kim's Army conducted its first short-range ballistic missile tests in a year.

But North Korea continues to maintain a moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests, indicating that Kim still wants to keep the prospects for diplomacy alive.

Kwak Gil Sup, director of the One Korea Center, a website specializing in North Korean affairs, wrote on Facebook that Kim's statement suggests he is

taking a two-way approach: beefing up military capacity and preparing for talks.

But he said Kim is more likely to focus on beefing up his military strength and repeating his demand that the United States withdraw its hostile policy, rather than rushing back to talks.

Kim said last week that the North Korean military must remain on high alert to defend national security.

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Analyst Cheong Seong-Chang from South Korea's private Sejong Institute said

North Korea is likely to return to the talks

, but will not accept a call for immediate and complete denuclearization.

The specialist said that North Korea could agree to a proposal to freeze its atomic program and partially reduce its nuclear arsenal in phases if the Biden Administration relaxes sanctions and suspends its regular military exercises with South Korea.

Cha Duck Chul, deputy spokesman for the South Korean Ministry of Unification, assured that he is closely following the political meeting that the North is holding and that he wants to insist once again that the best way to achieve peace on the Korean peninsula is by dialogue.

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At the meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party, Kim warned this week of possible

food shortages

, urging officials to find ways to boost agricultural production because the country's food situation "is getting worse. tense ".

He also urged the country to prepare for the expansion of restrictions due to COVID-19, and suggested that North Korea will expand the closure of its borders and other measures despite the difficulties it faces in its economy.

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With information from AP and Efe.

Source: telemundo

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