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No negotiations can be held with North Korea until it improves its behaviour, a White House official said on Wednesday, raising questions about US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s offer to begin talks with Pyongyang any time and without pre-conditions.
“Given North Korea’s most recent missile test, clearly right now is not the time,” a White House official told Reuters.
Tillerson said on Tuesday the United States was “ready to talk any time North Korea would like to talk,” appearing to back away from a key US demand that Pyongyang must first accept that any negotiations would have to be about giving
