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North Korea’s mission to the United Nations accused the United States on Wednesday of being “more and more hell-bent on hostile acts” against Pyongyang, despite US President Donald Trump wanting talks between the two countries.
In a statement, the mission said it was responding to a US accusation that Pyongyang breached a cap on refined petroleum imports and a letter that it said was sent on June 29 by the US, France, Germany and Britain to all UN member states urging them to implement sanctions against North Korea.
“What can’t be overlooked is the fact that this joint letter game was carried out by the permanent mission of the United States to the UN under instruction of the State Department, on the very same day when President Trump proposed for the summit meeting,” the statement said.
Trump became the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea on Sunday when he met leader Kim Jong-un in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas. The pair agreed to resume stalled talks aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons programme.
The North Korean UN mission said the June 29 letter to UN member states “speaks to the reality that the United States is practically more and more hell-bent on the hostile acts against the DPRK, though talking about the DPRK-US dialogue”.