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Working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington have broken off, North Korea's top negotiator has said, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate.
The talks, at an isolated conference centre on the outskirts of Stockholm, were the first such formal discussions since US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in June and agreed to restart negotiations that stalled after a failed summit in Vietnam in February.
The North's chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong Gil, who spent much of the day in talks with an American delegation, cast the blame on what he portrayed as US inflexibility, saying the other side's negotiators would not "give up their old viewpoint and attitude".
"The negotiations have not fulfilled our expectation and finally broke off," Kim told reporters outside the North Korean embassy, speaking through an interpreter.
The US State Department said Kim's comments did not reflect "the content or spirit" of nearly nine hours of talks, and Washington had accepted Sweden's invitation to return for more discussions with Pyongyang in two weeks.
"The US brought creative ideas and had good discussions with its DPRK counterparts," spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement. North Korea is also known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
She said the US delegation had previewed a number of new initiatives that would pave the way for progress in the talks, and underscored the importance of more intensive engagement.
[...] On Saturday, negotiator Kim accused the US of having no intention of solving difficulties through dialogue, but said a complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula was still possible.
It would only happen "when all the obstacles that threaten our safety and check our development are removed completely without a shadow of doubt," he said, in an apparent reference to North Korea's desire for Washington to ease economic pressure.
On Sunday, China's President Xi Jinping and the North's leader exchanged messages to reaffirm the neighbours' relationship on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties. China is the North's only major ally.
(Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Monday October 07 2019, @05:52PM (6 children)
Mueller declares his Russia report did not exonerate Trump [apnews.com]
“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” - Robert Mueller
You know damn well they couldn't indict due to DOJ policy. Stop pretending.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Arik on Monday October 07 2019, @06:52PM (5 children)
No investigation ever exonerates someone fully. He was tasked with finding something legally actionable, he spent years investigating every lead he could find, he came up with nothing. That's as close to an exoneration as is possible in the situation.
Even after a full trial, not an investigation but a full jury trial, you don't get declared 'innocent.' That would be an exoneration, but courts (let alone investigators) are not competent to do so. The closest you'll get is 'not guilty.'
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @07:11PM (3 children)
Mueller is a Republican you dunce, at this point I think you're too partisan to comprehend your own blindness.
This place has become a joke, a circle jerk to reaffirm your emotional attachment to the propaganda agenda. A good section of the user base does try and uphold reality, but we are overwhelmed by the sock puppets and overly-active propagandists. Or "useful idiots" if you're not being paid to support this new push for fascism.
Trump is using his powers as President to attack his political opponents, y'know like that thing Nixon resigned over and had to get pardoned for? It is that simple! Right under your noses.
(Score: 2, Redundant) by Arik on Monday October 07 2019, @07:25PM (2 children)
Republicrat, Demonican. He's just a servant of power, like most in the capital.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @07:45PM (1 child)
Lawl, I remember you conservatives flipping your shit over the smallest things Obama did.
"To the fascist the enemy is at once strong and weak depending on the propaganda message being used."
You are all over the place contradicting yourselves about rule of law and deep state nonsense. You're so focused on "winning" you've become blind to very very veerrrry obvious reality. No MSM or "ministry of truth" nonsense required, Trump's own twitter feed and interviews are all you need. Well, assuming you are capable of critical thinking instead of being emotionally compromised to support "your guy" come hell and high water.
(Score: 1) by Arik on Tuesday October 08 2019, @04:03AM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 07 2019, @07:57PM
Actually, he came up against long-standing DoJ policy that he couldn't indict a sitting President. Next time, pay attention and get the facts before you put fingers to keyboard.