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Obama rejects North Korea's nuclear offer: 'You'll have to do better than that'
Source: Associated Press
Obama rejects North Korea's nuclear offer: 'You'll have to do better than that'
Associated Press
Sunday 24 April 2016 20.17 BST
Barack Obama said on Sunday that he does not believe North Korea is sincere in its offer to halt nuclear tests if the US suspends military exercises with South Korea, and that Pyongyang would “have to do better than that”.
On Saturday, North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Su Yong, defended his country’s right to maintain a nuclear deterrent and warned that Pyongyang won’t be cowed by international sanctions. He also said the North’s regime would not soon collapse.
“Stop the nuclear war exercises in the Korean peninsula, then we should also cease our nuclear tests,” he said.
Obama dismissed North Korea’s latest overture at a news conference Sunday with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Hannover, Germany.
“We don’t take seriously a promise to simply halt until the next time they decide to do a test these kinds of activities,” the president said.
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Associated Press
Sunday 24 April 2016 20.17 BST
Barack Obama said on Sunday that he does not believe North Korea is sincere in its offer to halt nuclear tests if the US suspends military exercises with South Korea, and that Pyongyang would “have to do better than that”.
On Saturday, North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Su Yong, defended his country’s right to maintain a nuclear deterrent and warned that Pyongyang won’t be cowed by international sanctions. He also said the North’s regime would not soon collapse.
“Stop the nuclear war exercises in the Korean peninsula, then we should also cease our nuclear tests,” he said.
Obama dismissed North Korea’s latest overture at a news conference Sunday with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Hannover, Germany.
“We don’t take seriously a promise to simply halt until the next time they decide to do a test these kinds of activities,” the president said.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/obama-response-north-korea-nuclear-tests-deal
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