The Importance of Dialogue Without Preconditions

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The North Koreans are in the middle of weapons testing. They fired off a record number of rockets up last year, and they've done a fair few this year. So while they're still in the process of that development of their weapons program, they don't really have any particular compulsion to talk. And do you think that they will? I mean, their government isn't exactly known for being the most diplomatic.

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