North Korea Shuts Door on US Talks, Raising Risk of Provocations
- Pyongyang makes comments after US, South Korean air drills
- Last similar statement was followed by ballistic missile test
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North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the door remains shut for talks with the US on winding down its atomic arsenal, setting the stage for renewed provocations by pledging to respond to what it saw as threats from Washington.
“The DPRK is not interested in any contact or dialogue with the US as long as it pursues its hostile policy and confrontational line,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday, citing a ministry spokesperson as saying and referring to the country by its formal name.