The United States sees no difference between North Korea's latest offer of bilateral talks and its previous ones because a serious intent is apparently lacking about denuclearization, the State Department said Monday.
It emphasized that the international community has been very consistent and clear that Pyongyang should verifiably end its nuclear program and engage in "authentic and credible negotiations that produce concrete denuclearizataion actions."
"So is it different than that? No," department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said at a press briefing. "We haven't seen evidence of that."