{"id":41442,"date":"2019-10-06T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/06\/north-korea-decries-breakdown-of-talks-us-says-were-good\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:53:20","slug":"north-korea-decries-breakdown-of-talks-us-says-were-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/06\/north-korea-decries-breakdown-of-talks-us-says-were-good\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea: No more talks until US ends \u2018hostile policy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea said Sunday that it won\u2019t meet with the United States for more \u201csickening negotiations\u201d unless it abandons its \u201chostile policy\u201d against the North<\/a>, as the two countries offered different takes on their weekend nuclear talks in Sweden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After their first talks in more than seven months in Stockholm on Saturday, the chief North Korean nuclear negotiator said the discussions broke down \u201centirely because the U.S. has not discarded its old stance and attitude\u201d and came to the negotiating table with an \u201cempty hand.\u201d But the U.S. said the two sides had \u201cgood discussions\u201d that it intends to build on with more talks in two weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday night, North Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry issued a statement accusing the U.S. of trying to mislead the public and \u201cspreading a completely ungrounded story that both sides are open to meet\u201d again. <\/p>\n\n\n\t