Washington is going to continue to cooperate with Pyongyang to achieve the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. This was announced on Monday, October 18, by Jeffrey Eberhardt, Special Representative of US President Joe Biden for nuclear nonproliferation, at a meeting of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, broadcast on the UN website.
"The United States remains ready for diplomatic cooperation with the DPRK in order to achieve our goal - the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," he said.
According to Eberhardt, the United States is working on this issue "without preconditions."
On October 17, it became known that North Korea could resume testing long-range ballistic missiles in 2022. Earlier, Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in November 2017.
In October 2020, during a military parade, the DPRK showed a new type of intercontinental ballistic missiles. In the same year, short-range ballistic missiles were tested.
On September 29, 2021, North Korea tested a new type of hypersonic missile, the Hwasong-8. South Korean and American intelligence agencies have been analyzing the launch for more information.
On September 30, the Pentagon announced that there was no immediate threat to the United States from the missile. In turn, the leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, rejected the proposal of the United States for dialogue, calling the US policy hostile.
