US Calls on North Korea to Engage Diplomatically
Voice of America
04 May 2021, 06:05 GMT+10
The United States said it is ready to engage diplomatically with Pyongyang to achieve the ultimate goal of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, following the completion of a months-long U.S. policy review on North Korea. What we have now is a policy that calls for a calibrated practical approach that is open to and will explore diplomacy with North Korea, to try to make practical progress that increases the security of the United States, our allies and our deployed forces, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday during a virtual joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London.
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In a response to President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress last week, North Korea warned on Sunday that the U.S. would face a “very grave situation” for Biden calling North Korea a security threat.
During his Wednesday speech, Biden said, “On Iran and North Korea’s nuclear programs that present a serious threat to America’s security and world security we will be working closely with our allies to address the threats posed by both of these countries through diplomacy and stern deterrence.”
In a statement broadcast by North Korea’s KCNA and reported by the Associated Press, North Korean Foreign Ministry official Kwon Jong Gun said “[Biden’s] statement clearly reflects his intent to keep enforcing the hostile policy toward the DPRK as it had been done by the U.S. for over half a century.”
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North Korea gave a warning to the United States on May 2, a day after the White House spokesperson said the Biden administration had finished reviewing its policy toward North Korea.
In a statement by Kwon Jong Gun, head of the North Korean Foreign Ministry’s North America Department, North Korea warned that it would seek “corresponding measures” after U.S. President Joe Biden’s speech at Capitol Hill last week. Biden said the United States plans to deal with North Korea’s nuclear threats through “diplomacy and firm deterrence.” In the statement, Kwon said that if the United States tries to approach North Korea-U.S. relations through “outdated and old-school policies” from the perspective of the Cold War, it will face an increasingly unaffordable crisis in the near future.
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