SEOUL—North Korea Sunday rejected resuming international talks to end its nuclear program and instead called upon the United States to negotiate a formal peace treaty. The call for a peace treaty was part of a North Korean Foreign Ministry response to comments made by President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Friday in […]
A top North Korean diplomat says his country’s nuclear weapons program is not up for discussion, insisting Pyongyang’s situation is “totally different” from that of Iran. North Korea’s ambassador to China, Ji Jae Ryong said Tuesday the North does not have “any interest at all in dialogue for unilaterally freezing or giving up our nukes.” […]
Phone calls between relatively low-level diplomats are normally not newsworthy. ButMonday’s conversation between U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin on the simmering conflict in Ukraine is an exception. The bilateral nature of the conversation and its timing amid mounting claims of cease-fire violations from the Ukrainian government and […]
VIENNA—The deadline for Iran nuclear talks is fast approaching as foreign ministers from the six negotiating powers and Iran meet in Vienna for a final push to reach a comprehensive agreement that limits Tehran nuclear capabilities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic. After marathon meetings by experts this weekend, […]