US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson hails Washington’s diplomacy in regards to North Korea, vowing the continuation of talks with Pyongyang ‘until the first bomb drops‘.
Tillerson vows diplomacy with N Korea ‘until first bomb drops’
16 Oct 2017 - 12:32
US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson hails Washington’s diplomacy in regards to North Korea, vowing the continuation of talks with Pyongyang ‘until the first bomb drops‘.
The US top diplomat made the comments in an interview with CNN on Sunday.
"Those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops," Tillerson said. "The president has also made clear to me that he wants this solved diplomatically… He is not seeking to go to war."
Since US President Donald Trump assumed office in January, his administration has been battered by various scandals and dismissals.
Relations between Trump and the former ExxonMobil CEO went sour after the president said in a tweet several weeks ago that Tillerson was "wasting his time" by trying to negotiate with North Korea.
The president’s comments came right after Tillerson announced from the Chinese capital Beijing that he had direct lines of communication with North Korea and was seeking to cool tensions.
In his Sunday appearance on the US news media channel, Tillerson further praised the president for “implementing of sanctions and the implementing of diplomatic pressure,” against Pyongyang.
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