Source; CNBC
North Korea is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States
suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea, the North
Korean foreign minister told The Associated Press in an interview in
which he also warned that his country won't be cowed by international
sanctions.
Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong defended
the country's right to maintain a nuclear deterrent, and for those
waiting for the North's regime to collapse, he had this to say: Don't
hold your breath.
"Stop the nuclear war exercises in
the Korean Peninsula, then we should also cease our nuclear tests," he
said in his first interview Saturday with a Western news organization.
Ri held firm to Pyongyang's
longstanding position that the U.S. drove his country to develop nuclear
weapons as an act of self-defense. At the same time, he suggested that
suspending the military exercises with Seoul could open the door to
talks and reduced tensions.
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