North Korea is not interested in diplomacy with the United States until it achieves an important milestone in its weapons program: the ability to strike “all the way to the East coast of the mainland US” with a long range intercontinental ballistic missile.
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“Before we can engage in diplomacy with the Trump administration, we want to send a clear message that the DPRK has a reliable defensive and offensive capability to counter any aggression from the United States,” a North Korean official said, reports CNN.
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White House chief of staff John Kelly told reporters last week that Americans should be concerned about the rogue regime.
“The American people should be concerned about a state that has developed a pretty good ICBM capability and is developing a pretty good nuclear re-entry vehicle,” he said. “I would believe, I think I speak for the administration, that that state simply cannot have the ability to reach the homeland.”
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