- Title: Denuclearization talks between US and North Korea fail in Sweden
- Date: 5th October 2019
- Summary: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (OCTOBER 5, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** DELEGATION ARRIVING AT EMBASSY MEDIA GATHERED AT EMBASSY DELEGATION WALKING INTO EMBASSY NORTH KOREA CHIEF NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR, KIM MYONG GIL, WALKING UP TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) KIM MYONG GIL, NORTH KOREA CHIEF NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR, SAYING: "The breakup of the negotiation, without any outcome, is totally due to the fact that the U.S. would not give up their old viewpoint and attitude." NEWS MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) KIM MYONG GIL, NORTH KOREA CHIEF NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR, SAYING: "The U.S. raised expectations by offering suggestions like a flexible approach, new method and creative solutions, but they have disappointed us greatly and dampened our enthusiasm for negotiation by bringing nothing to the negotiation table." CARS PASSING OUTSIDE EMBASSY FLAG MEDIA GATHERING OUTSIDE EMBASSY POLICE CAR ON ROAD PERSON WALKING PAST EMBASSY GATES SIGN OUTSIDE EMBASSY
- Embargoed: 19th October 2019 21:02
- Keywords: North Korea United States Stockholm Donald Trump embassy nuclear talks
- Location: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
- City: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
- Country: Sweden
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZTKV9J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: North Korea's top negotiator said late on Saturday (October 5) that working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington had been broken off, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate.
The North's chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong Gil, who spent much of the day in talks with an American delegation, cast the blame on what he portrayed as U.S. inflexibility, saying the other side's negotiators would not "give up their old viewpoint and attitude".
"The negotiations have not fulfilled our expectation and finally broke off," Kim told reporters outside the North Korean Embassy, speaking through an interpreter.
There was no immediate response from the U.S. delegation. The Swedish foreign ministry declined to comment.
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