Japan PM Abe: Time for North Korea Dialogue Is Over

EXCERPT:

ABE (via translator): “Mr. President, distinguished colleagues, over the course of more than a decade, beginning in 1994, the international community continued its efforts towards dialogue with North Korea with great perseverance. First, through the agree framework, and later through the six-party talks. However, what we had to learn is that during the time this dialogue continued, North Korea had no intention whatsoever of abandoning its nuclear or missile development. For North Korea, the dialogue was instead the best means of deceiving us and buying time. More than anything else, the following fact demonstrates that. In 1994, North Korea had no nuclear weapons and even its ballistic missile technology was far from mature. Yet, it is now working to obtain hydrogen bombs and ICBMs. Again and again, attempts to resolve issues through dialogue have all come to naught. In what hope of success are we now repeating the very same failure a third time?"