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North Korea on Saturday denounced the "greedy demands" of the United States, after two days of nuclear talks in Pyongyang, which US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo found "very productive". [19659002AfterPompeo'sdeparturetoTokyotheNorthKoreanForeignMinistryruledthattheUnitedStates'"utterlyunfortunate"attitudeduringthetalkshadviolatedthespiritoftheagreementreachedon12JuneSingaporebetweenUSleadersDonaldTrumpandNorthKoreanKimJongUn
"The American attitude and the positions taken during the high-level talks on Friday and Saturday were extremely regrettable," said the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement quoted by the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
He denounced "unilateral and greedy demands for denuclearization."
A few hours earlier, the head of the American diplomacy, before taking off for Tokyo, had however judged the talks "very productive", without providing details.
"These are complex issues, but we have made progress on almost all the central issues, some of them a lot of progress, on others there is still work to be done," he told reporters.
In Tokyo, he had to inform his Japanese and South Korean counterparts of the progress of the talks.
The US Secretary of State and Kim Yong Chol, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's right-hand man, had more than eight hours of talks in a Pyongyang official guesthouse on Friday and Saturday.
The aim was to develop a detailed road map towards the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula, as agreed at the historic Singapore meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim.
"We talked about what North Koreans continue to do and how we can achieve what Mr. Kim and President Trump have agreed on, namely, the complete denuclearization of North Korea. "[NobodyhasmovedawayfromthisgoalitremainstheircommitmentPresidentKimisstillconvincedIspokewithPresidentTrumpthismorning)Wehaveproductivenegotiationsbasedongoodfaith"hesaid
M. Pompeo said officials from both sides would meet in a working group on July 12 to discuss the repatriation of the remains of US soldiers killed during the Korean War (1950-53).
He mentioned that progress had been made. were made about the "modalities" of North Korea's destruction of a missile site.
North Korean officials forwarded to Mr. Pompeo a personal letter to Donald Trump hoping that "the formidable relationship and the "confidence" between the two leaders would be reinforced by the talks, says the North Korean Foreign Ministry in its statement.
Pyongyang "makes the distinction between US bureaucrats and President Trump, expressing confidence in this last, "says Professor Yang Moo-Jin of the North Korean Studies University in Seoul.
" It's not about breaking the talks. to get the upper hand in the upcoming negotiations, "he told AFP.
" North Korea expected Pompeo to make a concrete proposal for a security guarantee, but was disappointed that the Americans reiterate their old demand to denuclearize first, before the United States gives anything in exchange, "he said.
Saturday morning, Mr. Pompeo had left the residence to visit a where he was able to make a secure call to Donald Trump, far from a potential North Korean surveillance, before resuming at 9:00 am (00:00 GMT) the talks which lasted six hours, including a working lunch.
On Friday night, accompanied by high officials from the State Department and the CIA, he had spent several hours talking with his North Korean hosts before having a working dinner with Kim Yong Chol.
– Third Visit –
This was the third visit to North Korea by the US official
M. Pompeo began his diplomatic efforts in North Korea while he was director of the CIA. Appointed Secretary of State, he remained key negotiator.
Since the June 12 summit, Donald Trump has been optimistic about the chances of peace in the divided peninsula since the Korean War, saying that the threat of a nuclear war was averted
The communiqué signed by MM. Kim and Trump at the end of their summit had few details. Mr. Kim reaffirmed in this document "his firm and unwavering commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula."
The Secretary of State is now in charge of negotiating a project which, Washington hopes, would see Mr. Kim clearly declare the the extent and nature of its nuclear and ballistic programs and accept a timetable for the dismantling of its arsenal
But many experts and critics of President Trump consider that the process could take years.
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