PunkTheFunk 125,715 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 North Korea: US is making 'gangster-like' demands on denuclearisation North Korea has accused the US of using "gangster-like" tactics to push it towards nuclear disarmament after a fresh round of high-level talks. It branded the US attitude at the meeting as "extremely troubling". The statement, by an unnamed foreign ministry official, gave a starkly different account from one provided by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo just hours before. He had said progress was made during his two-day visit to Pyongyang. It is the first time he has visited North Korea since a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore. The leader's meeting ended with a promise from Mr Kim to work towards denuclearisation, but details on how this will be achieved remain thin. A key aim of Mr Pompeo during his visit was to firm up North Korea's commitment to disarmament. But the North Korean statement, carried by the official KCNA news agency, said the US had gone against the spirit of the summit by putting unilateral pressure on the country to abandon its nuclear weapons. "We had anticipated the US side would come with a constructive idea, thinking we would take something in return," the North Korean statement said, warning its "resolve for denuclearisation... may falter". "The US is fatally mistaken if it went to the extent of regarding that [North Korea] would be compelled to accept, out of its patience, demands reflecting its gangster-like mindset," it added. At the talks, Mr Pompeo did not meet with Mr Kim, but instead with Kim Yong-chol, who is seen as his right-hand man. In his assessment Mr Pompeo gave little away, but he said they had discussed at length a timeline for disarmament, including the destruction of a missile engine testing facility. "These are complicated issues, but we made progress on almost all of the central issues, some places a great deal of progress, other places there's still more work to be done," he said. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44751283 TL;DR: Trump's Nobel Prize cancelled. WWIII uncancelled Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LePetitGAGABLover 21,234 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 That’s like a bully callling a person a bully. NK has no moral authority to say such things. That country needs to take several seats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 79,009 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, reversewarhol said: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarstruckIllusion 53,570 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 11 minutes ago, reversewarhol said: Lmfaooo I love how I wasn’t the only one who thought about this meme Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imnotyourbabe10 6,120 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 A new nightmare every day with this administration and a 24/7 news cycle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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