North Korea To Suspend Nuclear Weapons Tests

North Korea have offered to hold direct talks with the United States on its proposal to suspend nuclear tests and it is believed dialogue could pave the way to changes on the Korean peninsula.

North Korea Leader Kim Jong-Un

MSN reports that in a message passed to the US side on Friday, North Korea capital Pyongyang made the offer to suspend nuclear tests if the United States temporarily scrapped joint military exercises in South Korea.

The US State Department rejected the tit-for-tat offer as an “implicit threat” but said it “remains opens to dialogue” with Pyongyang.
North Korea’s Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations An Myong Hun told a news conference that the offer still stands.
“We are ready, the government of the DPRK is ready, to explain its intention behind its proposal directly to the United States,” said Myong Hun.
“We are ready for that, if the United States wants additional explanation about the proposal. The envoy indicated that the talks could lead to broader engagement. If this proposal is put into practice this year, many things will be possible,” he said.

“I can’t go any further, but many things will be possible this year.”
The United States, which has close to 30,000 troops permanently stationed in South Korea, conducts a series of joint military exercises with its key Asian ally every year.

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