The dome of the US Capitol in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 7 The United States is ready for diplomatic engagement with the DPRK without preconditions, but so far has not received a positive reaction to such an initiative from Pyongyang, US Special Representative for the DPRK Son Kim told reporters on Tuesday «The United States has always clearly stated that it is aimed at dialogue with Pyongyang without preconditions,» Song Kim said during a special briefing for journalists on the situation around the Korean Peninsula. However, according to him, so far Washington has not received a positive reaction to such sentence. In addition, as the American official pointed out, Pyongyang did not respond to US appeals delivered through third parties, and did not express any interest in establishing a dialogue between the countries. At the same time, the US Special Representative stressed that Washington does not set any artificial deadlines , after which interaction with the DPRK will become impossible. On Sunday, from 9.08 to 9.43 (from 03.08 to 03.43 Moscow time), North Korea launched eight short-range ballistic missiles from a number of places towards the Sea of Japan. This is the DPRK's 18th missile test since the beginning of the year, including launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, a ballistic missile for submarines, systems for a space satellite and a new tactical system for nuclear weapons. in response to this, South Korea and the United States carried out their own missile launches.
