A White House security adviser said on the 17th that a "step-by-step diplomacy" policy between the Trump Republican Party and the Obama Democrats gap was discussed, and the State Department announced on the 17th that it would negotiate disarmament with North Korea's nuclear weapons NPT.
In an interview with the Foreign Relations Association (CFR), Adviser Jake Sullivan said about North Korea's policies, "The purpose of the policy is to sit between these two policies so that we can be prepared for diplomatic engagement to make step-by-step progress toward the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
Regarding the 'two policies', aide Sullivan said that the Obama administration's (Democratic) policy toward North Korea, which has undergone 'strategic patience', is fundamentally “doing nothing for nothing.” The Voice of America (VOA) reported on the same day that he said, “We have proposed a collective agreement” with “All for All.”
Thomas Countryman, senior adviser to the U.S. State Department's Office of International Security and Non-Proliferation, said on the 17th, "The North Korean issue is probably the biggest failure of the NPT system." It has become a related challenge,” he said.
Countryman senior adviser at the press conference on the same day, at the 10th NPT Review Conference to be held next month, said, "North Korea's nuclear weapons and nuclear activities must be addressed." ' said.
Regarding this year's North Korea policy, Sullivan said, "We haven't been able to lead this in our diplomacy with North Korea this year. "We communicated our will and readiness to engage in such diplomacy," he said.
Regarding sanctions against North Korea, Sullivan said, "The sanctions are still being enforced and we are working closely with our allies South Korea and Japan. North Korea continues to test certain capabilities and refrains from other forms of provocation,” he said, revealing the gap between Trump’s “dialog with sanctions” and Biden’s “step-by-step diplomacy approach.”
The Moon Jae-in administration insisted on strengthening the Trump Republican approach to negotiating with North Korea through partial lifting of sanctions, while aide Sullivan revealed that it was “separation of North Korea sanctions and North Korea diplomacy through the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Japan.”
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