{"id":409873,"date":"2017-08-07T07:58:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T07:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/07\/north-korea-rejects-insincere-talk-offer\/"},"modified":"2017-08-07T07:58:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T07:58:33","slug":"north-korea-rejects-insincere-talk-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/07\/north-korea-rejects-insincere-talk-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea rejects \u201cinsincere\u201d talk offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p>South Korean authorities told the BBC that its foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke to her North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho on Sunday on the sidelines of a forum in Manila.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have escalated on the Korean peninsula in recent months amid repeated missile tests by the North.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Security Council voted on Saturday\u00a0<strong>to impose fresh sanctions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea proposed talks with the North last month to ease tensions and resume reunions of families separated by the Korean War, but Pyongyang has yet to officially respond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Korean media reported<\/strong>\u00a0that Ms Kang and Mr Ri shook hands in a brief and unarranged meeting at an official dinner event held by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).<\/p>\n<p>A South Korean foreign ministry official confirmed the meeting to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Ms Kang as saying that Mr Ri\u2019s rejection appeared to be connected with mounting sanctions on North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him that [the two offers for talks] are an urgent matter that should be carried out immediately with any political agenda put aside and asked him to proactively react,\u201d she was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign minister of China, which is Pyongyang\u2019s closest ally, told journalists on Monday: \u201cMy feeling is that the North did not entirely reject the positive proposals raised by the South.\u201d Wang Yi added that China also supported the South\u2019s initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>All three countries\u2019 ministers are attending the Asean forum in Manila<\/p>\n<p>The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is also at the forum, where he spoke about North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>He told journalists that the unanimous vote by the UN Security Council to impose new sanctions was \u201cquite clear in terms of being no daylight among the international community\u201d on their desire for North Korea to stop its tests.<\/p>\n<p>He also made a note of Russia and China\u2019s participation in the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries have previously differed with others on how to handle Pyongyang, but in recent months have joined in calls for North Korea to stop its missile tests while also urging the US and South Korea to halt military drills.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, US President Donald Trump spoke to his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in over the phone about relations on the Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>They agreed that North Korea \u201cposes a grave and growing direct threat\u201d and the two leaders were committed to fully implement the latest round of UN sanctions, the White House said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; South Korean authorities told the BBC that its foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke to her North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho on Sunday on the sidelines of a forum in Manila. 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