Military.com:
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday the current lull in North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests — if extended — could be an “opportunity” for peace talks with the regime of Kim Jong-un. “So long as they stop testing, stop developing, they don’t export their weapons — there would be opportunity for talks,” Mattis said.
He made the comments to reporters on his plane en route to Colorado for meetings with the commanders of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, on homeland and anti-missile defense.
Mattis declined to speculate on why North Korea has not conducted nuclear or missile tests for the past two months. When asked if he had an opinion, he said, “Let me know when you figure it out.”
