North Korea doubts US will have alternative plans inside two weeks

SEOUL - North Korea said on Sunday there was no way the United States would bring alternative plans for their stalled nuclear talks to a meeting proposed by Stockholm in two weeks after weekend negotiations in Sweden broke down.

"We have no intention to hold such sickening negotiations as ... happened this time before the US takes a substantial step to make complete and irreversible withdrawal of the hostile policy toward the DPRK," KCNA state news agency cited a spokesperson for North Korea's foreign ministry as saying, referring to the official name of North Korea.

It is unclear whether North Korea will return to the talks, but Pyongyang could be using its strategy of negotiating on the edge to gain concessions as fringe benefits of participating in negotiations, experts say. "If that's the case, their best strategy is to dangle the hope of a fictional future deal but stall on actual negotiations, let alone crafting or implementing any such deal," Narang said.

North Korea, US nuclear talks break down in Sweden In June, the two leaders then met again in Panmunjom, the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, and agreed to restart working-level talks.

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