The White House in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 11— RIA Novosti. The United States intends to introduce new trade restrictions against North Korea in response to the testing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, but is ready for negotiations, including A senior US administration official told reporters. «The Commerce Department will announce new measures tomorrow (Friday) to cut off North Korea's access to foreign goods and technologies that allow them to promote banned weapons programs. More measures will be introduced in the following days The US concluded that North Korea tested a «comparatively new» ICBM in February and March and called it a «major escalation» that violated UN Security Council resolutions. An administration official made it clear that the launches were not influenced the willingness of the US authorities to negotiate with North Korea on denuclearization. «We continue We are ready to pursue diplomacy and are ready to meet without preconditions. (U.S. President Joe) Biden himself has previously signaled that he is open to meeting with (DPRK leader) Kim Jong Un when a serious deal is on the table,» he said.
DPRK is developing a network of reconnaissance satellites, media reported
