Biden Administration to Take “Flexible” Approach Towards Diplomacy with North Korea
I guess we will see what a “flexible” approach to the DPRK means in the near future. Hopefully it doesn’t mean being flexible on sanctions with little to nothing in return:
The new North Korea policy of the Joe Biden administration is designed to be flexible to enable the “best chance of diplomatic success” by learning from past unsuccessful efforts, a senior US administration official said Thursday.
“We are not going to lay out exactly our diplomatic strategy here and now, I would simply say that we’ve tried to design it to be flexible,” the official told reporters while speaking on condition of anonymity.
“We understand where previous efforts in the past had difficulties, and we’re determined to try to learn from those past efforts to give ourselves the best chance of diplomatic success,” he said.
After wrapping up its monthslong North Korea policy review last month, the United States said it will not seek a “grand bargain” with North Korea or rely on strategic patience.
Korea Herald
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“We are not going to lay out exactly our diplomatic strategy here and now, I would simply say that we’ve tried to design it to be flexible,” — what he said
We have no idea what we are going to do with North Korea, just like the rest of our foreign policy — what he meant