North Korea says no more talks with US just so Donald Trump can boast
- Comments come after US president hints at another meeting, urging Kim Jong-un to ‘act quickly’
- Senior official Kim Kye-gwan calls on US to end ‘policy of hostility’, says Pyongyang ‘no longer interested in such talks that bring nothing to us’
North Korea said on Monday it was not interested in talks with the United States just so President Donald Trump had something to boast about, urging an end to what it called a “policy of hostility” if the United States wanted dialogue.
The comments by senior North Korean official Kim Kye-gwan, a former vice-minister of foreign affairs, came after Trump over the weekend called on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to “act quickly” and hinted at another meeting.
Kim, in a statement carried by the state KCNA news agency, said he had seen the Sunday Twitter post by Trump signalling another summit but added that little had improved despite three meetings between the two leaders since June 2018.
“We are no longer interested in such talks that bring nothing to us,” he said.
“As we have got nothing in return, we will no longer gift the US president with something he can boast of, but get compensation for the successes that President Trump is proud of as his administrative achievements,” Kim said.