Secretary of state’s remarks appear to mark shift in state department policy,which had previously required proof North Korea was giving up nuclear arsenalRex Tillerson has said that the US is alert to start exploratory talks with North Korea “without preconditions”, but only after a “period of quiet” without new nuclear or missile tests.
The secretary of state’s remarks appeared to mark a shift in state department policy, and which had previously required Pyongyang to show it was “serious” approximately giving up its nuclear arsenal before contacts could start. And the language was a long way from repeated comments by Donald Trump that such contacts are a “waste of time”.
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Source: guardian.co.uk