VIDEO: Haley says North Korea must ban nuclear weapons for talks with South Korea to be taken seriously after Trump says pressure appears to be working
Haley says North Korea must ban nuclear weapons for talks with South Korea to be taken seriously after Trump says pressure appears to be working
Trump said in a morning tweet that 'sanctions and 'other' pressures are beginning to have a big impact on North Korea'
'Rocket man now wants to talk to South Korea for first time,' he assessed. 'Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not - we will see!'
South Korea today offered high-level talks with rival North Korea to find ways to cooperate on next month's Winter Olympics in the South
Follows a rare rapprochement from Kim in a New Year's day message in which he also threatened he U.S. again
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said North Korea must abandon its nuclear weapons program entirely for talks with South Korea to be taken seriously
'We don't think we need a Band-Aid, and we don't think we need to smile and take a picture. We think we need to have them stop nuclear weapons,' she said
By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 07:12 GMT, 2 January 2018
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Tuesday that North Korea must abandon its nuclear weapons program entirely for talks with South Korea to be taken seriously by the U.S.
'We consider this to be a very reckless regime. We don't think we need a Band-Aid, and we don't think we need to smile and take a picture. We think we need to have them stop nuclear weapons, and they need to stop it now,' Haley said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference.
President Donald Trump had said earlier in the day that a U.N. approved punishing regime intended to isolate North Korea has seemingly affected Kim Jong-un's calculus.
In a tweet, he declared that 'sanctions and 'other' pressures are beginning to have a big impact on North Korea,' as he cautiously predicted that talks could lead to a detente.
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