North Korea blasts 'regrettable' US attitude and 'gangster-like' demands after talks with Mike Pompeo
Jul 8, 2018 10:25:42 #
Now excuse me if I think Trump a bit naive but clearly NK doesn't see things the same as does Donald Trump and shouldn't both sides be thinking the same for something positive to be done?
https://abcnews.go.com/International/tension-display-pompeo-meets-kim-yong-chol-set/story?id=56422381
North Korea blasted the U.S. on Saturday for making what it called "gangster-like" demands in meetings between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pyongyang officials, calling the attitude and stance of American officials "regrettable."
The criticism came just hours after Pompeo left North Korea following meetings Friday night and Saturday morning.
The meetings were intended to hammer out details toward achieving the goals in a joint statement by Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump after their summit, in which the U.S. would provide security commitments for North Korea in exchange for "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
But Pyongyang said Saturday of its meetings with Pompeo, "We expected the U.S. side to come up with constructive measures to help build trust in the spirit of reunion. We were thinking about doing something corresponding to that."
But, the statement continued, "The attitude and position of the U.S. during the talks ... was regrettable."
North Korea had hoped to pursue a "balanced implementation" of the goals agreed to in the Kim-Trump joint statement, but the U.S. put forward a "unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization" without referring to North Korea's goal of establishing a "peace guarantee" on the Korean Peninsula, the statement said.
The terse statement, a U.S. source said, was expected. It is believed to be a negotiating tactic by the North Koreans.
"We pushed them really hard to live up to the commitments of the president, and they may be reacting to save face," a source, who asked not to be named, told ABC News.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/tension-display-pompeo-meets-kim-yong-chol-set/story?id=56422381
North Korea blasted the U.S. on Saturday for making what it called "gangster-like" demands in meetings between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pyongyang officials, calling the attitude and stance of American officials "regrettable."
The criticism came just hours after Pompeo left North Korea following meetings Friday night and Saturday morning.
The meetings were intended to hammer out details toward achieving the goals in a joint statement by Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump after their summit, in which the U.S. would provide security commitments for North Korea in exchange for "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
But Pyongyang said Saturday of its meetings with Pompeo, "We expected the U.S. side to come up with constructive measures to help build trust in the spirit of reunion. We were thinking about doing something corresponding to that."
But, the statement continued, "The attitude and position of the U.S. during the talks ... was regrettable."
North Korea had hoped to pursue a "balanced implementation" of the goals agreed to in the Kim-Trump joint statement, but the U.S. put forward a "unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization" without referring to North Korea's goal of establishing a "peace guarantee" on the Korean Peninsula, the statement said.
The terse statement, a U.S. source said, was expected. It is believed to be a negotiating tactic by the North Koreans.
"We pushed them really hard to live up to the commitments of the president, and they may be reacting to save face," a source, who asked not to be named, told ABC News.
Jul 8, 2018 10:43:45 #
PeterS wrote:
Now excuse me if I think Trump a bit naive but cle... (show quote)
Yea, now you creeps favor nko over Trump.just how far will you go with your treason?
Jul 8, 2018 10:46:10 #
vernon wrote:
Yea, now you creeps favor nko over Trump.just how far will you go with your treason?
How is reporting what happened favoring one over the other? Has your head been buried in f**e news so long that you just can't tolerate the t***h?
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