North Korea rejects Pompeo from nuclear dialogue

Reuters
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un previously met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang. (File/AFP)
  • North Korea wants to replace him with someone who “is more careful and mature in communicating”
  • An official said that “no one can predict” the situation on the Korean peninsula

SEOUL: North Korea no longer wants US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo involved in nuclear talks, calling for someone who “is more careful and mature in communicating,” state media said on Thursday.
The official KCNA news agency also said, quoting Kwon Jong Gun, a senior official at the North’s foreign ministry, that “no one can predict” the situation on the Korean peninsula if the United States does not abandon the “root cause” that compelled Pyongyang to develop its nuclear program, without elaborating.

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