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North Korea on Saturday denounced the "greedy demands" of the United States, after two days of negotiations on nuclear power in Pyongyang, which the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had considered "very productive". After Pompeo's departure to Tokyo, the North Korean Foreign Ministry ruled that the "extremely unfortunate" attitude of the United States during the talks had violated the spirit of the June 12 agreement in Singapore. between American leaders Donald Trump and North Korean Kim Jong Un.
"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 requests 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 do," he told reporters. [19659003InTokyohehadtoinformhisJapaneseandSouthKoreancounterpartsoftheprogressofthetalks
US Secretary of State and Kim Yong Chol, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's right-hand man, had Friday and Saturday more than eight hours of talks in a residence for official hosts of Pyongyang.
The aim was to develop a detailed roadmap towards the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula, as agreed at the historic meeting from Singapore 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 denuclearization complete ion of North Korea, "said Mr. Pompeo.
" No one has deviated (from this goal), this remains their commitment. President Kim is still convinced, I spoke with President Trump this morning. (…) We have productive negotiations, based on good faith, "he said.
Mr. Pompeo indicated that officials from both sides would meet in a working group on July 12 to the repatriation of the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War (1950-53).
He mentioned that progress had been made on the "modalities" of North Korea's destruction of a missiles.
North Korean officials sent Pompeo a personal letter to Donald Trump hoping "the formidable relationship and confidence" between the two leaders would be reinforced by the talks, says the North Korean ministry
Pyongyang "distinguishes between US bureaucrats and President Trump, expressing confidence in the latter," said Professor Yang Moo-Jin, from the University of Western D-Korean in Seoul. "It's not about breaking the talks. The North is trying to gain the upper hand in the upcoming negotiations, "he told AFP.
" North Korea was waiting for 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.
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