23 August, 2017
US disarmament ambassador Robert Wood told the United Nations -sponsored Conference on Disarmament in Geneva that the "path to dialogue still remains an option" for Pyongyang.
"North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs pose grave threats to the entire world", he said, according to Reuters.
Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea are rising again today, at a UN Conference on Disarmament, as both sides played up the threat posed by the other, and the necessity of preparing a response to the other's "aggression".
"The measures taken by the DPRK to strengthen its nuclear deterrence and develop inter-continental rockets is justifiable and a legitimate option for self-defense in the face of such apparent and real threats ..."
US negotiator Robert Wood said protecting the USA and its allies from North Korea's "growing threat" was President Donald Trump's "top priority".
Kono, tapped to his post earlier this month, also had positive marks for the administration of President Donald Trump, stressing he saw no divisions there in his recent talks with top USA officials. -South Korean drills were "aimed at igniting a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula".
