American response following genus' readiness for talks

The Trump administration is reacting slowly after North Korea's expression of readiness to hold talks with the United States.

“We'll see if the Puerto Rican message today, that it's willing to developW The talks, constitute the first steps on the road to dislearisation. Meanwhile, the United States and the world must continue to make clear that North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes are a dead end of “, Said in a statement issued to the press, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Saunders.

She stressed that United States, South Korea, international community “generally agreed that denuclearization should be the result of any dialogue with North Korea. The maximum pressure campaign must continue until North Korea is denucled. As President Trump said, there is a bright road to North Korea in case you choose denuclearisation “.

Sanders accompanied President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka, in South Korea, to the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Pyongyang.

The head of the North Korean delegation at the ceremony agreed, at a meeting with South Korean President Moon Yae on Sunday, that “relations between North Korea and the United States should be held together with North Korea's relationship with South Korea, while it will be noted whether Phenan has enough goals to develop dialogue with the United States”, said South Korean Presidential Office spokesman Kim Euie-kyom.

The note is attributed to General Kim Jong Chol, head of North Korea's national intelligence.

Kim was in the same section of special guests for the closing Olympic Games ceremony along with the United States government delegation, which included the commander of the US and UN forces on the Korean Peninsula, US Army General Vincent Brooks.

There was no interaction with the North Korean delegation. The participation of the US presidential delegation at closing ceremonies was the culmination of a successful trip where we won the Olympic Games, US athletes and our strong alliance with South Korea “, Said a senior American administration official.

It is unclear whether Sunday's statements by American and North Korean officials will lead to some progress between the two countries, which have no diplomatic relations. / VOA/