As the result in September 2005, North Korea announced readiness to put an end to its nuclear programs in return for security, economic and energy concessions which faced positive global reaction but due to breaching promises by the Bush Administration in fulfilling its undertakings in lifting imposed financial sanctions on North Korea, Pyongyang reacted to this U.S. misbehavior and left the six-way talks temporarily before carrying out its first nuclear test in October 2006.
After this reaction, North Korea continued planning for expanding its nuclear capabilities till the Trump Administration once again encouraged Pyongyang for talks in order that to create favorable climate for the country to get result and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un accepted to start negotiations. But two rounds of talks between North Korean Leader and U.S. President Donald Trump ended like what happened in talks with the Bush Administration in 2003 and the results of meetings did not lead to convince the North Korean Leader.
This time and during his visit to Moscow and meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean Leader sent an ultimatum to his American side that he would wait till the end of 2019 otherwise everything in the peninsula will back to the same situation before talks started and North Korea would be ready for any scenario which meets its national interests.
In this relation, Mr. Putin during Kim Jong-un’s presence in Moscow had an interview in support of Mr. Kim and announced North Korea is eager to leave its nuclear programs but it would be ready to do it and sign the agreement only when it gets strong security guarantees which are supported by some countries in order to stop U.S. from breaching its undertakings.
Reacting to Mr. Putin’s interview, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton in an interview said that his country is unwilling to join other countries or a multi-country action for talks to encourage Pyongyang to leave its nuclear programs.
The U.S. deceitful approach for not granting necessary promises to Pyongyang has resulted in that Pyongyang takes a new strategy to get closer to Iran and Syria in coordination with Russia. North Korean news agency, KCNA, last week reported that its deputy foreign minister Pak Myong Guk is to lead a delegation to Syria and Iran. This diplomatic delegation is to visit Azerbaijan and Mongolia, too.
According to reports from South Korean news agency Yonhap, the delegation has started its mission by leaving Beijing Airport on Saturday. It means Pyongyang has consulted with its elder brother China over shift in its policy and has put aside its talks for “Eastern Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)” from the agenda.
The news about the visit of the North Korean diplomatic delegation to Iran comes while Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif had earlier announced that he was to visit North Korea soon but he had not fixed an exact date for the visit.
That, Donald Trump does not like North Korean Leader’s step-by-step policy for denuclearization where North Korea is after reducing and lifting sanctions for gradual denuclearization, tries to show to the world public opinion that the U.S. is after deceiving North Korea but Pyongyang has not been deceived smartly and this shift in policy towards some countries with resistance in their sights is the only response to the U.S. excessive demanding behavior.
By: Hamid Reza Naghashian
