PressTV-North Korea cancels high-level talks with US: Haley

North Korea has cancelled a scheduled meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean officials in New York, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley ​​​​says​​​.

The talks were called off because Korean officials “weren’t ready,” Haley told reporters on the sidelines of a closed-door UN Security Council meeting on sanctions targeting Pyongyang on Thursday.

The US ambassador, nonetheless, tried to put on a brave face, saying that the delay was not a “major issue” and that talks would be rescheduled.

“There’s no time to stall or no time to delay or try and get past not going through with what was agreed in Singapore,” said Haley.

The official meeting was planned to take place on Thursday but the US State Department announced the postponement just a day before, giving no reason for the decision. The North Korean mission to the UN also declined to comment on the matter.

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