The U.S. says it stands ready to restart nuclear negotiations with North Korea, but Pyongyang has said it has no interest in talks before the U.S. elections in November
SEOUL—The U.S. stands ready to resume nuclear talks if North Korea is willing to make a deal, a top State Department official said Wednesday, though Pyongyang has signaled it is in no mood to come back to the negotiating table.
In his first visit to Seoul this year, Stephen Biegun, the U.S. deputy secretary of state, reiterated Washington’s long-held goal in negotiations with Kim Jong Un’s regime: eliminate Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and bring peace to the Korean Peninsula.
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