Original title: foreign media: senior US officials said they had "direct contact" with the DPRK
Reference News Network reported on October 21 that according to Yonhap New York on October 19, US Deputy Secretary of state Wendy Sherman delivered a keynote speech in the form of video at the annual dinner of the Korean Association, an American non-profit organization, held in New York on October 19, saying that the United States has made direct contact with North Korea and is working to realize the complete denuclearization of the peninsula.
Reported that Sherman did not specifically disclose who, when, where and how to have direct contact with North Korea. Sherman said that the United States has repeatedly stressed that it is not hostile to the DPRK and is ready for "unconditional dialogue" and hopes that the DPRK will respond positively. Analysts believe that Sherman's so-called "direct contact with the DPRK" is in line with the previous position of the US State Department, that is, the United States has put forward specific suggestions to the DPRK and is waiting for the DPRK's response.
The report pointed out that Sherman condemned North Korea's recent successive ballistic missile tests, which not only violated the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, but also seriously threatened neighboring countries and the international community. Sherman said that the United States is closely following the relevant trends of the DPRK with its allies such as South Korea and Japan and maintaining close cooperation for the complete denuclearization of the peninsula. She said that the ROK US alliance is the core of maintaining peace, stability and prosperity in Northeast Asia, the Indian Ocean Pacific region and even the world.