Seoul: North Korea feels that there is no need to sit face to face with the US for talks, a top Pyongyang diplomat said on Saturday, accusing Washington of taking advantage of dialogue only as a tool for grappling its political crisis.
First vice foreign minister Choe Son-hui remarked on talk of another summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gained traction recently after South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he would push for such a meeting to take place before the November presidential election in America, reports Yonhap News Agency.
"Now is a very sensitive time when even the slightest misjudgment and misstep would incur fatal and irrevocable consequences. We cannot but be shocked at the story about the summit indifferent to the present situation of North Korea-US relations," Choe said in a statement carried by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The US would be mistaken if it still thinks negotiations would still work on us, Choe said, adding the North has already worked out a detailed strategic timetable for putting under control the long-term threat from the US.
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"We do not feel any need to sit face to face with the US, as it does not consider the North Korea-US dialogue as nothing more than a tool for grappling its political crisis."