The United States has “no hostile intent” toward Pyongyang and remains committed to diplomacy, a State Department spokesperson said Thursday, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for beefed-up war preparations.
During a plenary session of the ruling Workers’ Party on Wednesday, Kim made the call, pointing to the security situation on the Korean Peninsula that he claimed has become “extremely dangerous” due to “unprecedented” U.S.-led confrontational moves against the North.
“The United States harbors no hostile intent toward the DPRK,” the spokesperson told Yonhap News Agency via email, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “The United States has been very clear — we seek dialogue with Pyongyang without preconditions.”
The official stressed that Washington remains committed to diplomacy even as the North has launched an “unprecedented” number of ballistic missiles.
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