North Korea threatens US. Said It will increase its nuclear arsenal
Seoul – South Korea: On Monday North Korea issued a threat that if U.S. Officials do not quickly agree to one-on-one talks demanded by communist regime than it will increase its nuclear arsenal.
The regime's impatience came days after No. 2 Nclear negotiator Ri Gun came away from meetings with Washington envoy Sung Kim without an agreement to hold bilateral talks.
"If the U.S. is not ready to sit at a negotiating table with the (North), it will go its own way," the North's Foreign Ministry said Monday in a statement carried by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency.
Ian Kelly a State Department spokesman in Washington did not comment on the North’s statement.
He said that the U.S. is "still considering" North Korea's invitation for Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special envoy on North Korea, to visit Pyongyang for talks.
He also said the U.S. is "still considering" North Korea's invitation for Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special envoy on North Korea, to visit Pyongyang for talks.
The North agreed in 2007 to disable its nuclear facilities — as a step toward its ultimate dismantlement — in exchange for energy aid and political concessions. Pyongyang halted the process and later abandoned the pact after receiving most of the promised energy aid and concessions.
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