Kim's sister says 'no need' for another US-North Korea summit

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The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Friday there was 'no need' for another summit with the United States unless Washington ...

Kim Yo Jong is a close adviser to her brother, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. SEOUL: The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Friday there was"no need" for another summit with the United States unless Washington offered a"decisive change" in approach.

But in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, Kim Yo Jong – who has emerged as one of her brother's closest advisers – said:"There is no need for us to sit across with the US right now." Denuclearisation, she added, was"not possible at this point", and could only happen alongside parallel"irreversible simultaneous major steps" by the other side – which she emphasised did not refer to sanctions-lifting.She did not go into specifics, but Washington stations 28,500 troops in the South to defend it against its neighbour, and has a range of military assets in Japan and the wider Pacific region.

 

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