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Tillerson: Talks Possible If North Korea Stops Missile Launches

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Posted: August 7th, 2017

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson capped off a whirlwind weekend at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial meeting in Manilla, Philippines by suggesting the United States would be open to dialogue if North Korea stopped its provocative actions.

“The best signal that North Korea could give us that they’re prepared to talk would be to stop these missile launches”, Tillerson told reporters Monday in response to a question about what preconditions North Korea would have to meet in order for the U.S. to come to the negotiating table.

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