WASHINGTON, 20 January, 2021, TON: The U.S. nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken said a full review of Washington’s approach to North Korea pressuring to return to negotiations over the nuclear weapons programme will be launched by the arriving administration.  

At his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Antony Blinken said the U.S. woul also look forward to provide the humanitarian help to North Korea for it is facing serious challenges since some three million people died in a famine in 1990s.

He told the legislators, “I think we have to review, and we intend to review, the entire approach and policy toward North Korea, because this is a hard problem that has plagued administration after administration. And it’s a problem that has not gotten better in fact, it’s gotten worse”.

It is seen that the word came after when earlier this month, the North Korean leader Kim Jong called the U.S. the country’s principal enemy and assured of expanding its nuclear and ballistic missile programme, despite the punishing the international sanctions. The country also revealed new submarine launched ballistic missile which is said to be the world’s most powerful weapon.  

According to the analysts, the military display may be a core to resume the nuclear and ballistic tests that got suspended by the N.K. leader in cooperation with Donald Trump in 2018 followed by disagreements on disarmament steps and North Korea’s demand for the removal of sanctions.

Observers conclude the new U.S. office head must treat North Korea as a top priority to prevent the country on further nuclear advancements; a move that people are afraid will let Pyongyang to seek concessions for compensating tensions over making progress on denuclearization.