QR codeQR code

N Korea pessimistic about talks with US after JCPOA exit

30 Jun 2018 - 14:34



MNA � The Iranian Ambassador to Seoul Hassan Taherian has said that the US unlawful withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal has turns on North Korea's pessimism about talks with the United States.







�With regard to the JCPOA, the United States vilated a global and international agreement, and this has made them (North Koreans) worried and skeptical,� Taherian said in an interview with the�Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Saturday.

�The North Korean leader must have seen what the United States did to Iran nuclear deal,� he said, adding "there is no guarantee that the next [US] administration will accept the [possible North Korea-US] agreement."

The Iranian ambassador further said that Donald Trump�s new demands and the possibility of �the US Congress opposition to the North Korean talks� are challenges to North Korea-US talks.

He said the �increased North Korean missile�range� and their threat against the US mainland were factors that pushed the United States toward the talks, adding Trump does not care about the South Korea and Japan�s security at all.

Taherian emphasized "China's adherence to UN sanction against Pyongyang was another factor behind the Kim-Trump talks, noting that China is Pyongyang's largest trading partner, and about 80 percent of North Korea's trade is with Beijing.

He furthermore said�"if China, which played a major role in North Korea-US talks,�stops its support for the negotiations, they will will fail.�



Story Code: 310570

News Link :
https://www.theiranproject.com/en/news/310570/n-korea-pessimistic-about-talks-with-us-after-jcpoa-exit

The Iran Project
  https://www.theiranproject.com