North Korea rejects call for disarmament

[TOKYO] The peace process between the United States and North Korea in Sunday's crisis (8/7) after Pyongyang angrily rejected Washington's call for rapid nuclear disarmament despite two days of intensive talks. [19659002] When US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves Pyongyang after negotiating with Kim Jong-un, North Korean Foreign Minister Kim Yong-young says progress has been made [1965-19002]. "The sanctions will remain in force until the final, fully verifiable denuclearization approved by President Kim (Jong-un)," said Pompeo, speaking in Tokyo after meeting with Japanese and South Korean officials.

The North issued an energetic statement denouncing denuclearization efforts and urging US President Donald Trump to revive Maian regional regulation. North Korea has accused the United States of pushing the state of mind as a gangster through denuclearization. Even North Korea calls a two-day meeting with Pompeo unfortunate.

A spokesman for the Northern Foreign Ministry accused the United States of unilaterally pushing the North to denuclearize and "betray the spirit" of President Trump.

But privately, US officials called the North Korean statement a tactic of negotiation. But after two days of theatrical offerings in Pyongyang, the statement seems to mark the return of the traditional position of the North.

The North Korean Foreign Ministry ruled out Pompeo's efforts to concretely support Kim's pledge. Trump, to "denuclearize the Korean peninsula".

"The United States is fatally mistaken if it can accept, because of its patience, requirements that reflect the mentality of its gangsters," said North Korea's statement

. Pyongyang pointed out that he has destroyed a nuclear test site – a concession that has been publicly hailed as a victory for peace. [AFP/U-5]