US says it is committed to stay engaged with North Korea's Kim, but expects 'clarifications on the purposes' of rebuilding the key rocket launch site that appears to have resumed operations
The US still believes the "fully verified denuclearisation" of North Korea is possible by the end of President Donald Trump's "first term," a senior official said Thursday, despite warnings a key rocket launch site appears to have resumed operations.
"Given that construction, plus activity at other areas of the site, Sohae appears to have returned to normal operational status," 38 North's report said. "We're watching in real time, as you are, the developments at Sohae," he explained, adding: "We don't know why they are taking these steps." The president had declared that it was "too early" to tell if a previous report about activity at the site was true, but said he would be "very, very disappointed in Chairman Kim" if the intelligence checked out.
And despite the apparent setback, the senior official insisted "we still believe this is all achievable within the president's first term.""We have sufficient time," they said, without mentioning a deadline for reaching an agreement so the goal could be met. Joseph Bermudez and Victor Cha said it showed "how quickly North Korea can easily render reversible any steps taken towards scrapping its WMD program with little hesitation."
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