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North Korea is not interested in diplomacy until it develops a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of hitting the US East coast, a North Korean official said to CNN on Monday.
Although the country was not forgoing diplomacy completely, the official said that North Korea was first interested in building an ICBM that is able to reach “all the way to the East coast of the mainland US,” CNN reported.
“Before we can engage in diplomacy with the Trump administration, we want to send a clear message that [North Korea] has a reliable defensive and offensive capability to counter any aggression from the United States,” the official said, according to CNN.
