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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo badured Sunday in Tokyo that the sanctions in effect against Pyongyang would be maintained until the end of the denuclearization of North Korea. North Korea has rejected methods that it describes as "gangster".
North Korea on Saturday described methods of "gangster" the way the United States negotiates nuclear disarmament , while the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who spent two days in Pyongyang, nevertheless judged these discussions "very productive" .
After this meeting in North Korea, M Pompeo arrived in Tokyo on Saturday for a series of meetings to explain to Washington's main allies in Asia the results of his third trip to Pyongyang.
Early Sunday morning, the Secretary of State met the head of the Japanese diplomacy, Taro Kono, a discussion after which he tweeted: "constructive meeting with the Japanese Foreign Minister this morning to talk about the US-Japan alliance, cornerstone regional stability, and maintain maximum pressure on North Korea ".
" Their Gangster State of Mind "
M. Pompeo, who still has to hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and then participate in a trilateral meeting with Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers, has not said anything about what Korea has said in the meantime.
He had just left Pyongyang for Tokyo when the North Korean Foreign Ministry hastened to criticize the United States' "extremely regrettable" attitude during the talks. . According to the regime, the US side has violated the spirit of the June 12 agreement in Singapore between US leaders Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. The ministry denounced "unilateral and greedy demands" Americans for Denuclearization
"The United States makes a fatal mistake if it considers that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea must accept […] claims that reflect their gangster state of mind " warns the regime through the North Korean official agency KCNA.
Pyongyang pointed out that he had already destroyed a nuclear test site – a concession that Mr. Trump had hailed as a victory for peace – and regretted that Mr. Pompeo was reluctant to do the same with American concessions.
The North Korean reaction, a tactic of
North Koreans view Trump's unilateral order to suspend US-South Korean military maneuvers as a cosmetic concession and "highly reversible" and regret that US negotiators have "never mentioned" the end of the Korean War in 1953.
In private, US diplomats believe that the North Korean reaction is a tactic of negotiation. But after two days of theatrical friendship in Pyongyang, this attitude seems to mark a return to the traditional position of the North.
A few hours earlier, the head of the American diplomacy, before taking off for Tokyo, had however judged the talks "very productive" . "These are complex questions, but we have made progress on almost all the central questions, on some of them a lot of progress, on others there is still work to be done" he said
The US Secretary of State and Kim Yong Chol, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's right-hand man, met for more than eight hours on Friday and Saturday in a residence for official Pyongyang guests.
"Complete Denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula
The objective was to develop a detailed road map to the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula, as agreed at the Singapore's historic 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 are agreed, namely the complete denuclearization of North Korea " said Mr. Pompeo. "No one has departed (from this objective), it 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.
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). North Korean officials sent Pompeo a personal letter to Donald Trump, hoping that "the formidable relationship and confidence" between the two leaders would be reinforced by the talks, said the spokesman. North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its Communique
North Korea " Trying to Take the Lead in the Negotiations"
Pyongyang "Distinguish between US Bureaucrat and President Trump , expressing his confidence in the latter " badyzes Professor Yang Moo-Jin, of the North Korean Studies University in Seoul. "It's not about breaking the talks. The North tries to gain the upper hand in the negotiations to come " he explains to AFP
" North Korea was waiting for Pompeo to bring a concrete proposal for guaranteeing security, but was disappointed that the Americans reiterate their old demand for denuclearization first, before the United States gives anything in exchange " he said.
Since the summit of On June 12, Donald Trump was optimistic about the chances of peace in the divided peninsula since the Korean War, saying the threat of a nuclear war was out.
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" .
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