North Korea is considering suspension of denuclearization talks with the United States, Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said
"We have no intention to yield to the US demands [put forward at the Hanoi summit] in any form, nor are we willing to engage in negotiations of this kind," said Choe, according to Russian state news agency TASS, which attended the press event in Pyongyang.It was the first public statement by a senior North Korean official on the results of the February 27-28 talks between Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.
Choe Son Hui , pictured with reporters in Beijing on June 23, 2016.Choe said the North was deeply disappointed by the failure of the two sides to reach any agreements at the Hanoi summit.She blamed the breakdown of talks on the US side, saying the American delegation was being too demanding and inflexible: [The US]"were too busy with pursuing their own political interests and had no sincere intention to achieve a result," Choe added, according to TASS.
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