朝鲜内务部 美国务卿本周将与朝鲜重启核谈判

美国务卿本周将与朝鲜重启核谈判  

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is resuming denuclearization talks with North Korea this week in New York
meeting with Pyongyang's second in mand
Kim Yong Chol.
Progress on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs has slowed in the months since the Singapore summit in June beeen U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
when the o leaders signed a general statement calling for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
But Pompeo called the ing talks "a good opportunity" to move toward specifics of when and how North Korea might end its nuclear weapons program. The United States is seeking to finalize a deal by the end of Trump's first term in office in January 2021.
但蓬佩奥表示即将开始的会谈"是一个很好的机会"，可以争取讨论出朝鲜结束其核武计划的具体时间和方式。美国目标是是在特朗普总统2021年1月第一个任期期满之前敲定一项协议。
Pyongyang said Friday it would "seriously" consider resuming its nuclear testing if U.S. economic sanctions against North Korea are not lifted
but Pompeo
in an interview on Fox News Sunday
dismissed the threat.
"I'm not worried about that
" the top U.S. diplomat said Sunday. "We are very focused. We know with whom we are negotiating
we know what their positions (are) and President Trump has made his position very clear"
Pompeo said there would be "no economic relief until we have achieved our ultimate objective
" the end of North Korea's nuclear program.
The United States has said it would maintain the sanctions against North Korea until it has reached "final
fully verified denuclearization
" although Pyongyang has described the demands as "gangster-like."
The North Korean foreign ministry
in its latest statement
said
"The improvement of relations and sanctions are inpatible."
Despite the slow pace of the talks
Pompeo cited favorable signs in the U.S.-North Korean relationship.
"We haven't had any missile tests
" he said. "There've been no nuclear tests
We've had the returns of American remains (from the Korean War of the early 1950s). These are all good steps."