The country’s news agency quoted an official in charge of U.S. affairs as saying the Vietnam summit, the second between the two leaders, showed that talks could go wrong when the Secretary of State ‘pokes his nose in’
In this Oct. 7, 2018, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walk together before their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea.North Korea said on Thursday it no longer wanted to deal with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and said he should be replaced in talks by someone more mature, hours after it announced its first weapons test since nuclear talks broke down.
KCNA quoted Kwon, who is in charge of U.S. affairs, as saying the Vietnam summit, the second between the two leaders, showed that talks could go wrong “whenever Pompeo pokes his nose in.” Kim said last week said the breakdown in talks risked reviving tensions and he gave a year-end deadline for the United States to change its attitude.Despite the failure of the Vietnam summit, Trump has stressed his good relationship with Kim.
Experts said in November Kim wanted to shift the mainstay of the North’s conventional military power from a nearly 1.3 million-strong army to high-tech weapons.
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