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Trump: ‘Very Possible’ That NKorea Crisis Can’t Be Resolved Peacefully

Trump: ‘Very Possible’ That NKorea Crisis Can’t Be Resolved Peacefully
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It's "very possible" the standoff with North Korea might not be resolved peacefully, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Reuters, and he's not sure if the inter-Korean dialogue will lead to "anything meaningful."

Trump: ‘Very Possible’ That NKorea Crisis Can’t Be Resolved Peacefully

"I'd sit down, but I‘m not sure that sitting down will solve the problem," Trump said.
"I am not sure that talks will lead to anything meaningful" since they have been going on for 25 years now.

The remarks come after Trump's statement earlier in January, in which he said he is "absolutely" willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un if certain conditions are met.

Tensions with Pyongyang have escalated dramatically since Trump came to power in January last year, with many threats, incendiary rhetoric and provocative military maneuvers characterizing the abrasive exchanges between the two nuclear-armed leaders.

During the interview, the US president also had harsh words for Russia with regards to the situation on the Korean peninsula. Trump accused Moscow of being soft on Pyongyang and not doing enough to implement the UN agreed sanctions.

While supporting the UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea, Moscow has repeatedly advised that the US should take a more moderate approach towards Pyongyang and follow a diplomatic route.

Trump and Kim have repeatedly threatened one another with a nuclear strike, with the US commander in chief once tweeting that his nuclear button was "much bigger & more powerful one than his [Kim's], and my Button works!"

Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump told Reuters that he is still not ruling out military action. "We're playing a very, very hard game of poker and you don't want to reveal your hand," he said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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