National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the Biden administration is willing to negotiate with North Korea 'without preconditions' about its nuclear program.
— National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the Biden administration is willing to negotiate with North Korea"without preconditions" about its nuclear program. His comments come days after North Korea"We have indicated to North Korea that we're prepared to sit down and talk without preconditions about their nuclear program," Sullivan told"Face the Nation" on Sunday. Sullivan said the U.S.
"But it would not come as a surprise that North Korea moved forward with another nuclear test," he said."With respect to its intercontinental ballistic missile capability, this is a capability they began testing several years ago. They have continued to test it. We watch all of those tests very closely to see how it is developing and we could coordinate extremely closely with our allies — with Japan and Korea — to make sure that we are responding in lockstep to this threat.
In a joint statement last week, the U.S., Japan and South Korea condemned the July 12 launch, saying it posed"a grave threat to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and beyond." The countries also called on North Korea to"cease its unlawful and escalatory actions and promptly return to dialogue." "We've also made clear to China that it is the United States who is ready for diplomacy and North Korea who was not," Sullivan said.
The U.S. has vowed to defend South Korea and Japan, including with nuclear capabilities, if North Korea were to launch an attack. Meanwhile, Sullivan said the U.S.-China relationship has to be"managed carefully" and that"can only really be done effectively from the very top," though he did not have specifics about when President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping would talk as the two countries try to ease rising tensions.
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