North Korea reportedly willing to sign peace treaty with US to end conflict
North Korea reportedly rejected the idea of resuming talks to abandon its nuclear program on Saturday, but said it would welcome negotiations for a peace treaty with Washington.
North Korea’s foreign ministry made the statement one day after President Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye said they were ready to open talks with Pyongyang on sanctions if they were serious about dissolving its nuclear program, according to Reuters.
“If the United States insists on taking a different path, the Korean peninsula will only see our unlimited nuclear deterrent being strengthened further,” the North said in a statement.
North and South Korea are still technically at war after signing a truce in 1953 to temporarily end their conflict. The U.S. also signed the deal after backing the South.
My Thoughts:
This seems like a move to save face as North Korea looks toward the winter and their starving Citizens. It would allow them to appear as if they are focusing efforts on gathering food for the winter, without appearing weak and needing to do it out of necessity. It also allows them to perhaps block the spying eye of the Americans and South Koreans, making them go to further; and less obvious lengths to spy on the country. I don't think it's a sudden change of direction but rather a tactical move.
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