The Trump administration played down the threat presented by North Korea’s latest weapons tests and said it was eager for a resumption of talks to end the country’s efforts to acquire nuclear missiles.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said he hopes talks to end the North Korea’s efforts to acquire nuclear missiles will resume.
“We hope that this act that [North Korean leader Kim Jong Un] took over the weekend won’t get in the way,” he told ABC. “We want to get back to the table. We want to continue to have these conversations.” Asked whether the North Korea peace talks are in trouble, Pompeo responded: “It always seems that way until it’s successful.”
President Donald Trump earlier expressed confidence that Kim would “do nothing to interfere” with the isolated regime’s potential economic progress. Pyongyang’s state media has confirmed a Saturday morning weapons launch that some analysts say appeared meant to convey displeasure over the stalled talks.
An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com.
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