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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Tuesday that the declaration of the end of the Korean War of the years 1950-1953 "can never be used as currency," the country said. 39 will not particularly hope "States do not want an end to the war, according to KCNA state media.
In a joint statement with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at their summit in Pyongyang last month, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his willingness to "permanently dismantle" the Yongbyon nuclear complex if the United States acted the same way.
Moon said it would include a declaration of an official end to the war.
In a commentary, KCNA said Tuesday that the declaration of the end of the war should have "been resolved half a century ago" and called it "the most basic and paramount process for the war. establishment of new relations and peace between the DPRK and the United States "on the Korean peninsula. "to which the United States was also attached", referring to North Korea under its official name, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
At their unprecedented summit in June, US President Donald Trump and Kim agreed to "build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean peninsula".
However, Washington wants North Korea to first provide a comprehensive inventory of its weapons programs and take irreversible steps to abandon its arsenal.
KCNA said that the Yongbyon nuclear facility, which the North has expressed its willingness to disconnect if the United States take the corresponding measures, "is essential for its nuclear program".
"The DPRK is taking important and crucial steps to implement the joint declaration made at the DPRK-US summit, but the United States is still trying to control somebody by resorting to sanctions," commented the accused.
However, three senior US officials implicated in North Korea's policy have previously told Reuters that no progress has been made toward meaningful negotiations on eliminating or even stopping nuclear and missile programs. ballistics of Kim.
The dismantling of Yongbyon would slow the production of fissile materials, but would not reduce the current stock of plutonium and highly enriched uranium, nor would it raise suspicion on other secret production sites, an expert told Reuters.
(Report by Joyce Lee, edited by James Dalgleish)
