US offers North Korea direct talks if missile tests stop, doesn’t mention nuclear testing
‘Secretary of State Rex Tillerson seems to have dropped a condition for direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang. North Korea must halt its missile tests, but the top US diplomat left out any stipulation on nuclear testing.
“The best signal that North Korea can give us that they are prepared to talk would be to stop these missile launches,” Tillerson said Monday in Manila, the Philippines, during the ASEAN ministerial security forum attended by foreign diplomats, Reuters reported.
Tillerson reportedly said that through dialogue, North Korea would ultimately “feel secure and prosper economically.”
The comments came two days after a unanimous 15 to 0 vote by the United Nations Security Council to sanction North Korea over two intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests last month. The UN estimates the move will cost North Korea $1 billion per year.’
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