NEW YORK – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday appeared to backtrack on comments he made earlier this week that appeared to contradict President Trump’s position on how to negotiate with North Korea.
“The President’s policy on North Korea is quite clear, and there is no daylight at all between the president’s policy and the pursuit of that policy. And the president, I think, has been very clear that we are going to lead this pressure campaign, we’re going to unite the international community, and we’re going to keep the pressure as much as we can and increase it where possible,” he said following a United Nations Security Council meeting.
Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, Tillerson said he would be open to speaking to North Korea about anything. The White House immediately responded by saying any talks with the Hermit Kingdom would be pointless.
But on Friday, Tillerson, sitting just a few feet away from North Korea’s UN ambassador, was more forceful. He said the U.S was taking the lead in an international campaign to keep the pressure on the North Koreans and in doing so would “unite the international community.”
“North Korea must earn its way back to the table,” Tillerson told the foreign ministers. “The pressure campaign must and will continue until denuclearization is achieved. We will in the meantime keep our channels of communication open.” – READ MORE
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