US Still Ready For Dialogue With North Korea Without Preconditions - Special Envoy
Faizan Hashmi Published October 24, 2021 | 10:10 AM
TOKYO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th October, 2021) US Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim has held talks with South Korean Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Noh Kyu-duk in Seoul, expressing readiness for dialogue with Pyongyang without preconditions.
"I look forward to continuing to work with special representative Noh to explore different ideas and initiatives, including the ROK's (South Korea's) end-of-war proposal as we continue to pursue our shared objectives on the peninsula," Kim said on Sunday, as quoted by the South Korean Yonhap news agency.
The special representative told reporters that Washington was ready to help address North Korea's humanitarian concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"We remain ready to meet with the DPRK (North Korea) without preconditions, and we have made clear that the United States harbors no hostile intent towards the DPRK," Kim said, adding that Washington hopes Pyongyang "will respond positively to our outreach."
Kim stressed that North Korea's missile tests are counterproductive and called on Pyongyang to stop "destabilizing" activities and return to the negotiating table.
In his turn, South Korean representative Noh said that Seoul and Washington are ready to discuss any issues if North Korea accepts their talk offer.
At the start of October, US State Department spokesperson Ned price said that Washington was ready to meet with officials from North Korea without preconditions.
On Wednesday, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield reiterated that the US was open to dialogue with Pyongyang without any conditions and held no hostile intent toward North Korea. Thomas-Greenfield called on North Korea to refrain from further provocations following Pyongyang's recent launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine.
On Friday, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea Tomas Ojea Quintana said that sanctions against North Korea should be reviewed and, when necessary, eased, given the humanitarian effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation.
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