The US is open to direct talks with North Korea after reaching an agreement with Seoul on a diplomatic approach to Pyongyang, according to US vice-president Mike Pence.
Mr Pence’s stance, outlined in an interview with the Washington Post, follows a flurry of North Korean diplomatic activity at the Winter Olympics that culminated with its leader Kim Jong Un inviting Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s president, to Pyongyang for an inter-Korean summit.
The US vice-president said Washington had no plans to ease its sanctions-led pressure campaign to encourage Mr Kim to denuclearise, but suggested the US was open to negotiations alongside such efforts — a sentiment at odds with the hardline stance previously articulated by the White House.
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