North Korea is working on plans to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if former President Donald Trump is re-elected in November, according to a report by Reuters.
A senior diplomat from the isolated nation who recently defected to the West, Ri Il Gyu, told the news agency that the decision comes as officials in Pyongyang have made relations with Japan, Russia, and the United States their top foreign policy priorities.
Ri stated that his previous government’s goals are to lift sanctions on its weapons program, remove the country’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, and solicit economic aid from Washington.
In 2019, Trump and the dictatorship’s leader, Kim Jong Un, met for bilateral talks in Hanoi, which were followed by another meeting four months later at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
During the latter conference, Trump briefly stepped across the border, becoming the first U.S. president to enter North Korean territory.
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