State Department spokesman Ned Price. AP Yonhap News
The US State Department named North Korea’s nuclear and missile development as an urgent’priority task’ for its country. However, it indicated a policy not to present a specific timetable for North Korea’s denuclearization measures.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing on the 12th (local time) to reporters’ questions about when Joe Biden’s administration’s review of North Korea policy ends and whether there is a message behind the scenes. “I hope that the lack of direct involvement with North Korea will not be confused with the statement that it is not a priority (in the United States),” he said. “In fact, it is a very priority.”
Recently, after the inauguration of Joe Biden’s administration at home and abroad, mentions of North Korean officials have decreased significantly, and observations have been made that the North Korean issue has been pushed down the ranks of the importance of US foreign policy, which is interpreted as a remark to dispel this concern. Contact between the United States and North Korea on the denuclearization of North Korea has virtually ceased since October 2019, during the days of the Donald Trump administration.
Spokesman Price also emphasized cooperation with the alliance. “We have been in close contact with our allies in the Indo-Pacific region as well as with all of our allies in the region that are threatened by the North Korean ballistic missile development,” he said. “We seek to bring our allies and partners as factors to multiply our power in all tasks.” did. “I don’t want to come up with a timetable for when to take the next step, but I want you to know that’coordination’ is in progress,” he added.
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