ADDIS ABABA: Washington's most sensible diplomat Rex Tillerson mentioned Thursday the United States used to be "a long way from negotiations" with North Korea, which this week made a surprise be offering to speak about denuclearisation.
Tillerson, who's in Ethiopia on his first-ever Africa tour, mentioned the alerts from Pyongyang is also sure however stressed negotiations with Kim Jong Un's regime were not going to occur soon.
"I think as President Trump has indicated, (there are) potentially positive signals coming from North Korea by way of their intra-Korean dialogue with South Korea," he informed newshounds.
But "in terms of direct talks... we're a long way from negotiations, we just need to be very clear-eyed and realistic about it," he mentioned.
He mentioned a primary step can be "talks about talks" to look if "conditions are right to even begin thinking about negotiations."
Details are still sketchy, however South Korea announced Tuesday that the North had stated there used to be "no reason" to hold directly to its nuclear weapons "if military threats towards the North are cleared and the security of its regime is guaranteed".
The North is open to "frank" talks with the United States on denuclearisation and would suspend missile and nuclear tests while discussion used to be below approach, the South's nationwide security adviser Chung Eui-yong mentioned after returning from a meeting in Pyongyang with Kim.
President Donald Trump welcomed the be offering as "very positive".
However his Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats informed Congress he used to be "quite skeptical" and Vice President Mike Pence mentioned america position against North Korea would now not exchange "until we see credible, verifiable, and concrete steps toward denuclearisation."
China on Thursday urged the United States and North Korea to start negotiations once possible, while Japan has warned it could be a ploy to play for time, and urged "concrete" steps from Pyongyang.
Tillerson, who's in Ethiopia on his first-ever Africa tour, mentioned the alerts from Pyongyang is also sure however stressed negotiations with Kim Jong Un's regime were not going to occur soon.
"I think as President Trump has indicated, (there are) potentially positive signals coming from North Korea by way of their intra-Korean dialogue with South Korea," he informed newshounds.
But "in terms of direct talks... we're a long way from negotiations, we just need to be very clear-eyed and realistic about it," he mentioned.
He mentioned a primary step can be "talks about talks" to look if "conditions are right to even begin thinking about negotiations."
Details are still sketchy, however South Korea announced Tuesday that the North had stated there used to be "no reason" to hold directly to its nuclear weapons "if military threats towards the North are cleared and the security of its regime is guaranteed".
The North is open to "frank" talks with the United States on denuclearisation and would suspend missile and nuclear tests while discussion used to be below approach, the South's nationwide security adviser Chung Eui-yong mentioned after returning from a meeting in Pyongyang with Kim.
President Donald Trump welcomed the be offering as "very positive".
However his Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats informed Congress he used to be "quite skeptical" and Vice President Mike Pence mentioned america position against North Korea would now not exchange "until we see credible, verifiable, and concrete steps toward denuclearisation."
China on Thursday urged the United States and North Korea to start negotiations once possible, while Japan has warned it could be a ploy to play for time, and urged "concrete" steps from Pyongyang.
'US a long way from negotiations with NKorea'
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