US still prepared to engage with North Korea after missile test, White House says
- North Korea announced successful tests of a long-range cruise missile which analysts said could be the country’s first such weapon with a nuclear capability
- ‘Our position has not changed when it comes to North Korea, we remain prepared to engage,’ said a White House spokeswoman
“Our position has not changed when it comes to North Korea, we remain prepared to engage,” principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
North Korea’s state media announced on Monday what it said were successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile that analysts said could be the country’s first such weapon with a nuclear capability.
US officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said initial indications were that North Korea had carried out such a test.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said the missiles were “a strategic weapon of great significance” and flew 1,500km (930 miles) before hitting their targets and falling into the country’s territorial waters during the tests on Saturday and Sunday.
