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The U.S. says it has been trying to engage North Korea by sending messages repeatedly despite Pyongyang\u2019s apparent lack of interest in dialogue and its escalation of threats in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have sent such messages in multiple ways \u2013 through third parties and directly, orally and in writing \u2013 and have included specific proposals on humanitarian cooperation and other topics for discussion,\u201d a State Department spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also emphasized our willingness to discuss practical steps both sides could take to address the security situation in the region,\u201d the spokesperson continued via email to VOA\u2019s Korean Service on April 26.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo date, however, the DPRK has shown no indication it is interested in engaging. Instead, we have seen a marked increase in the scope and scale of DPRK provocations, which have only served to raise regional tensions and increase the risk of accidental or unintentional escalation,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

North Korea\u2019s official name is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n

North Korea has been conducting multiple missile and rocket tests, including what it said was its first nuclear counterattack drills using \u201csuper-large\u201d artillery rockets carrying mock nuclear warheads on April 22.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang has also ramped up its cooperation with Russia, sending arms to support Moscow’s fight against Ukraine. Russia has been shipping refined petroleum to North Korea above the limit of 500,000 barrels annually set by the U.N. Security Council, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The North Korean mission to the U.N. did not respond to a VOA inquiry on its reaction to the U.S. description of its efforts made to resume talks.<\/p>\n

Dialogue between the two has been deadlocked since October 2019 when working-level talks failed to reconcile differences over denuclearization and sanctions relief that became apparent a few months earlier at a summit in Hanoi.<\/p>\n

Washington has maintained that it is open to renewed dialogue on Pyongyang\u2019s nuclear program without preconditions.<\/p>\n

Former U.S. officials suggested that the Biden administration provided the unusually detailed account of its efforts to engage Pyongyang in response to criticisms saying it has not done enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Biden team is quite sensitive to the attacks coming from ‘liberals,’ especially critics who claim the administration has not attached sufficient priority to North Korea and has not done enough to pursue diplomacy with Pyongyang,\u201d said Evans Revere, a former State Department official with extensive experience negotiating with North Korea.<\/p>\n

Revere added that some of these critics are arguing that Washington needs to change its approach, offer concessions and engage in arms control and threat reduction talks with North Korea. He said this explains not only the administration\u2019s detailed description of its efforts at talks but its willingness to discuss \u201cinterim steps\u201d toward denuclearization.<\/p>\n

Two senior U.S. officials said in March that Washington is willing to consider such steps and discuss sanctions and confidence-building measures.<\/p>\n

Robert Rapson, who served as charge d\u2019affaires and deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul from 2018 to 2021, said the Biden administration may be trying to address China\u2019s call for talks between Washington and Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s possible Beijing may have laid out a quid pro quo for any support with North Korea by calling on the U.S. to up its efforts to engage with Pyongyang \u2013 hence the statement\u201d from the State Department, said Rapson.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a news conference in Beijing after talks with Chinese officials that he \u201cencouraged\u201d Beijing \u201cto press Pyongyang to end its dangerous behavior and engage in dialogue<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph DeTrani, who served as the special envoy for six-party denuclearization talks with North Korea from 2003 to 2006, said, \u201cThe Biden administration wants to make it clear, for the record and as we approach the November presidential election, that the administration was proactive in its policy toward North Korea and they did everything possible\u201d to have Pyongyang \u201creturn to negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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