North Korea on Friday blamed the “arbitrary and dishonest” U.S. position for the failure to reach a deal during a second North Korea-U.S. summit, warning the nuclear issue would never be resolved without a new American approach.
A spokesman for North Korea’s foreign ministry accused the United States of trying to shift the blame for the breakdown of the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump in February by raising a “completely irrelevant issue”.
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The statement was the latest criticism of the United States since the failed summit in Vietnam, where Kim had sought sanctions relief in return for the partial dismantling of North Korea’s nuclear program.
President Trump called for a roadmap toward full denuclearization including the transfer of bombs to the United States.