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| US State Department Spokesman Ned Price © AFP=News1 |
The US government has cited North Korea’s nuclear and missile development as an “urgent priority” task.
According to the Voice of the United States (VOA), US State Department spokesman Ned Price responded to a question about North Korea’s nuclear and missile development at a briefing on the 12th (local time), saying, “North Korea has continued to advance its development in recent years.”
“We are committed to solving our allies and our allies,” Price said. “We will focus our strategic objectives on reducing the threat to the United States and our allies and improving the lives of North and South Korean people. And the core premise is It is that we continue to focus on the denuclearization of North Korea.”
Recently, at home and abroad, there are observations that the related issue has been pushed down as a “subordinate” to the US government’s foreign policy because the number of comments made by officials about North Korea has decreased significantly since the inauguration of the new US administration.
In the case of contact between the United States and the United States on the issue of North Korea’s denuclearization, it has been virtually cut off after the breakdown of working-level negotiations held in Sweden in October 2019, during the tenure of former President Donald Trump.
However, at a briefing that day, Price said, “You should not confuse it as a signal that “North Korea’s nuclear and missile challenge is not a priority”.”
“We are making diplomatic efforts such as close contact with our allies and allies,” he emphasized. “This includes not only allies in the Indo-Pacific region, but also all allies in the region threatened by North Korea’s ballistic missile development.” did.
It is reported that the US government has begun a full review of North Korea policy since the inauguration of the Biden administration last month. In other words, it seems that the direction of Biden’s government policy toward North Korea is to collect the opinions of allies and allies in the region as much as possible to reduce the North Korean nuclear and missile-related threats and to suggest ways to improve the human rights situation of North Koreans.
“For any challenge, the United States will be the strongest and most powerful country in the world,” Price said, “but we want to bring our allies and allies into a’force multiplier’ in every challenge.” “Especially in relation to North Korea, a coordinated diplomatic approach (with allies), the implementation of sanctions, and a coordinated message are helpful in solving the problem.”
A spokesman for Price said that “very active” coordination of North Korea policy with allies is currently underway. “Not only was Secretary of State Tony Blincoln talking with about 40 countries, but President Joe Biden’s talks with the heads of the country. You can read the signs and elements.”
According to the State Department, Secretary Blincoln emphasized the importance of strengthening the ROK-US alliance, cooperation between the US and Japan, and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in the first phone call with Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong on the 11th.
President Biden also decided to cooperate closely with President Moon Jae-in on the North Korean issue by expressing his will to strengthen the ROK-US alliance in his first call after taking office.