North Korea refuses normalizing relations with Seoul

Pyongyang rejects the offer of the South Korean government to fix the interstate relations, as the initiative ‘lacks sincerity’; Ri Yong-ho, the North Korean foreign minister said that as quoted by BBC Russia.

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تاریخ: ۱۶ مرداد ۱۳۹۶ - ۱۱:۵۵

‘Under these circumstances, when the South Korea cooperates with the U.S. in terms of putting pressure on North Korea, such initiatives look insincere,’ the North Korean official said.

A brief meeting of the two foreign ministers took place in Philippines, as the capital city Manila hosts the ASEAN regional security forum on Monday; the North Korean aggressive stance is going to be the key topic of the forum’s agenda.