The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said North Korea must end
its nuclear program before talks can begin.
It's a reversal of his comments earlier this week that negotiations
were possible "without preconditions" - something the White House
disagreed with.
Tillerson's comments came during a high level meeting of foreign
ministers at the UN Security Council to highlight the situation in
North Korea.
Tillerson said talks were possible, but there would be conditions.
IN: "A sustained..."
OUT: "...open."
DUR: 22 seconds
CLIP 1: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1215nkorea-tillerson1.mp3
Tillerson warned North Korea is ready to back up its threats.
IN: "North Korea..."
OUT: "... nation."
DUR: 25 seconds
CLIP 2: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1215nkorea-tillerson2.mp3
Tillerson said Russia and China needed to enforce sanctions against
North Korea as their actions were helping to fund Pyongyang's nuclear
program.
IN: "Each...."
OUT: "... threat."
DUR: 29 seconds
CLIP 3: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1215nkorea-tillerson3.mp3
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