A senior Washington diplomat said on Dec. 16 that the United States won’t accept a year-end deadline set unilaterally by North Korea to make concessions in nuclear talks. The official also urged Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table.
Stephen Biegun, U.S. special envoy for North Korea, said Washington is open to talks on denuclearization. Biegun was in Seoul for discussions with South Korean officials when he made the remarks dismissing Pyongyang’s deadline, which the country had repeatedly brought up.
