US diplomat stresses 'clear,' 'open' commitment to NK denuclearization goal

A State Department official on Wednesday highlighted the United States' "open" and "clear" commitment to the "complete" denuclearization of North Korea, although Pyongyang has signaled openness to engaging with the U.S. if Washington drops its demand for denuclearization. During an interview with Yonhap News Agency, Mignon Houston, the department's deputy spokesperson, also said an immigration crackdown by President Donald Trump's administration "does not change" the Seoul-Washington relationship, as she touched on the recent raid at a South Korean battery plant site in Georgia. "This administration has said on numerous occasions from the start that our commitment is to a complete denuclearization of North Korea, that launches of ballistic missiles ... (and) an ambition for weapons of mass destruction is in direct violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions," she said. "That we want to see an Indo-Pacific that reduces military tensions, that is free, fair, open, prosperous for its citizens, and we have been very vocal on this." She added that the U.S. remains committed to being "open"Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times