North Korea offers to suspend nuclear tests if US suspends military drills
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North Korea said on Saturday it was willing to suspend nuclear tests if the United States agreed to call off annual military drills held jointly with South Korea, but Washington rejected the proposal as a veiled threat.
The offer is an often repeated demand by Pyongyang for an end to the large-scale defensive drills by the allies.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the nuclear tests and military exercises were separate issues.
The United States and South Korea have stressed that the annual drills, which in some years involved U.S. aircraft carriers, are purely defensive in nature, aimed at testing the allies’ readiness to confront any North Korean aggression.
[Reuters]
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