White House again rejects talks with North Korea on nuclear issue

[Right_in_Virginia]

White House again rejects talks with North Korea on nuclear issue
Reuters, Oct 2, 2017, Steve Holland


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday ruled out talks with North Korea except to discuss the fate of Americans held there, again appearing to rebuke Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who said Washington was directly communicating with Pyongyang on its nuclear and missile programs.

“We’ve been clear that now is not the time to talk,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters, reiterating a tweet from President Donald Trump at the weekend that was seen as undercutting Tillerson.

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Another U.S. official said Tillerson may have overstated the status of U.S. lines of communication with North Korea for the benefit of his Chinese hosts, who have been pushing the Trump administration to do more to lure Pyongyang to the negotiating table.
 

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[Right_in_Virginia]

Another U.S. official said Tillerson may have overstated the status of U.S. lines of communication with North Korea for the benefit of his Chinese hosts, who have been pushing the Trump administration to do more to lure Pyongyang to the negotiating table.

Rex, Rex, Rex   

[driftdiver]

China is lying, its what they do.

They told us they were cutting banking ties and other business deals.

Two days later they made a point of buying a huge batch of coal from NK.  Paid a darn good price for it according to SK news reports.