{"id":318794,"date":"2017-05-13T11:22:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T11:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318794"},"modified":"2017-05-13T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T11:22:48","slug":"north-korea-would-hold-talks-with-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318794","title":{"rendered":"North Korea ‘would hold talks’ with Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korea has said it will hold talks with the US “if the conditions were right”, South Korean media reports.<\/p>\n

A senior North Korean diplomat said dialogue with the Trump administration was possible following a meeting with ex-US government officials in Norway.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month US President Donald Trump said he would be “honoured” to meet Kim Jong-un.<\/p>\n

The comments follow months of rising tensions over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programme.<\/p>\n

Choe Son-hui, an official in the North Korean foreign ministry responsible for North American affairs, told reporters in Beijing that bilateral talks between Pyongyang and Washington would be considered.<\/p>\n

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The BBC’s Korea correspondent Stephen Evans says North Korea would probably have to agree to at least discuss relinquishing or limiting its nuclear weapons for the US to participate.<\/p>\n

Ms Choe, who has been involved in nuclear negotiations in the past, made the comments during a stop-over on her return to Pyongyang following a meeting in Oslo.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump has previously said that he would like to solve the North Korea crisis diplomatically, but that a “major, major conflict” is possible.<\/p>\n

The country has engaged in several military shows of strength in recent weeks including missile tests.<\/p>\n

The US has responded by sending warships to the region to install a controversial anti-missile system in South Korea.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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