North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said relations with the United States could improve if Washington drops what he described as a hostile policy, but warned that Pyongyang would continue expanding its nuclear arsenal and prepare for confrontation if necessary.
Speaking at the closing of North Korea’s Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, Kim said the prospect of ties with Washington “depends entirely on the attitude of the U.S. side,” according to a Feb. 26 report by state media KCNA.
Kim said that improved ties with Washington were possible under certain conditions.
“If the U.S. respects the present position of our state specified in the Constitution of the DPRK [North Korea] and withdraws its hostile policy toward the DPRK, there is no reason why we cannot get on well with the U.S.,” Kim said…
North Korea Could Get Along With Washington, Says Kim
