North Korea Rules Out Nuclear Deal, Says Weapons ‘Not a Plaything’

North Korea would never enter Iran-style talks over ending its nuclear weapons program, its ambassador to China said Tuesday, declaring its arsenal “not a plaything” to be haggled over.

 

In a rare press conference at the country’s embassy in Beijing, Ji Jae Ryong told reporters: “We are not interested at all in dialogue to discuss the issue of freezing or dismantling our nukes unilaterally first. The [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] is a nuclear weapons state both in name and in reality.”

 

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