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Kin Moy, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, is seen s
Kin Moy, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, made the remark amid a North Korean boycott of dialogue, citing what it claims to be US hostility toward the North.
"We have reached out directly to Pyongyang to initiate dialogue and stand ready to meet without preconditions," Moy said in a virtual seminar jointly hosted by the Korea Foundation and the Atlantic Council think tank.
"It's on this basis that we hope the DPRK will come to the table to discuss our respective intentions and concerns and explore what progress may be achievable," he added, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
North Korea has ignored US overtures since the Joe Biden administration took office in January, while it has also stayed away from any meaningful dialogue with the US since early 2019.
Kim Song, the North's ambassador to the United Nations, on Monday urged the US to permanently stop its joint military exercises with South Korea and the deployment of strategic weapons in and around the Korean Peninsula if it wished to improve ties with the North.
"I am convinced that a good prospect will be opened for the US-DPRK relations and inter-Korean relations if the US refrains from threatening the DPRK and gives up its hostility towards it," the North Korean diplomat said in his address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Moy said the US is open to taking "confidence building" measures with North Korea.
"Moreover, we are open to exploring meaningful confidence building initiatives."
The US diplomat noted such steps may include humanitarian assistance for North Korean people.
"We are also prepared to work cooperatively with the DPRK to address areas of shared human humanitarian concern," he said. "The United States will continue to support the provision of humanitarian aid, consistent with international standards for access and monitoring to the most vulnerable North Koreans, regardless of progress on denuclearization."
He also reaffirmed US support for inter-Korean engagement.
"We will lend our support to inter-Korean humanitarian cooperation projects, and we hope to resume cooperation in recovering the remains of US servicemen still missing from the Korean War," said Moy.
In a later discussion session, Mark Lambert, deputy assistant secretary of state for Korea and Japan, highlighted US commitment to engage with North Korea.
"There is a misperception out there that we're not willing to talk to the DPRK and there are strings attached to our commitment. That's just not the case," he said.
"We've made it very clear at all levels that we will go anywhere, anytime, (with) no preconditions to talk with the North Koreans," he added, noting the North has yet to respond for reasons that may include the COVID-19 pandemic.
North Korea has kept its borders shut since the start of the pandemic early last year.
Lambert also underscored US commitment to working closely with South Korea in dealing with North Korea.
"The United States will continue to remain in close consultation and coordination with our South Korean allies on issues of mutual concern, especially the DPRK situation," he said. (Yonhap)
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