North Korea's UN envoy says denuclearization off negotiating table with US

Denuclearization is off negotiating table with United States and lengthy talks with Washington are t needed said rth Korea's envoy to United Nations on December 7. statement by Ambassor Kim Song has ded to rth Korea’s earlier warning that discussions related to its nuclear weapons program are off as Washington has refused to offer concessions. Denuclearizing rth Korea has been central focus of US engment with rth Korea in past two years. “sustained and substantial dialogue” sought by United States was a “time-saving trick” to suit its domestic political nda, said Song in a statement.

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Speaking to a news ncy, envoy said that rth Korea does t need to have long talks with US w and denuclearization is alrey gone out of negotiating table. EU members of UN Security Council criticized recent short-range launches by rth Korea this week and Song hit out on that calling it a “serious provocation” against Pyongyang and saying y were playing role of “pet dog” of United States.

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N Korea demands unilateral denuclearization

rth Korea h set a year-end deline for US to change its policy of demanding Pyongyang’s unilateral denuclearization and demanded relief from punishing sanctions. Tensions have risen as it is alrey December and rth Korean leer Kim Jong Un has warned that he could take an unspecified “new path” in 2020. Kim's statement could mean a return to nuclear bomb and long-range missile testing suspended since 2017. rth Korea’s Foreign Ministry on December 4 reiterated call for US to change its “hostile policies” and said it was up to Washington to decide what “Christmas gift” came at end of year. 

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Tensions between rth Korea, US

Though countries' leers have met three times since 2018, talks have t turned out fruitful. ir rhetorics has been considerably derogatory as in 2017, Trump called Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man” and rth Korea slammed US president, 73, as a “dotard”. same reference was repeated by Trump on December 4 as he called Kim “Rocket Man” and said United States reserved right to use military force against rth Korea. To this, rth Korea replied that any repeat of such langu would represent “ relapse of dot of a dotard". Yet Trump has maintained his hope that rth Korea will denuclearize. Besides this, US ambassor to UN on Friday said that United States h t yet decided wher to have a UN Security Council meeting to discuss rth Korean human rights abuses that have angered Pyongyang. Moreover, Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a half-hour phone discussion on ways to maintain diplomacy with rth Korea on Friday. As per reports, leers agreed that situation has become “severe” and that “dialogue momentum should be maintained to achieve prompt results from denuclearization negotiations”.

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(With inputs from ncies)