Top Biden Administration officials are saying that there is an “urgent need” for new dialogue with North Korea aimed at denuclearization, following the latest IAEA report on the isolated nation’s nuclear activities.
The IAEA had reported signs of operation at the 5-MW reactor in North Korea, the first sign of operation there since 2018. The reactor is capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium as a by-product.
Talks during the Trump Administration received assurances on denuclearization, but fell apart when the US not only refused to offer sanctions relief, but also kept adding more sanctions to prove they were playing hardball.
North Korea’s Kim says he sees “no hostile intent” from the US, and that he is open to meeting at any time and place. The Biden Administration has raised the possibility of diplomacy, but has suggested they aren’t willing to offer sanctions relief either.
That sums up US diplomatic failures on nuclear talks right there, as the US is more than willing to sit down with nations, but goes in refusing the idea of offering anything in return for what it wants.
Maybe Biden can scoop Trump here too and sign a peace deal with North Korea.
With Taiwan heating up, neutralizing North Korea into a neutral power makes a lot of sense.
K. Well, who’s responsible for that? Like, the State Department or something? /sarc
Not when Trump was President. Remember, he, and only he, can do it all.
Why should North Korea stop? Even if they do, and want to sign a document officially ending the Korean “police action”, I doubt we would lift any sanctions. It is what we do.
There is no need for “talks.”
There is a need for a deal. That however is impossible, because the US will give nothing for its side of any deal.
So N. Korea has the Bomb, and they need it too.
Fools in DC did this, like they did Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and so much else.