WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior U.S. envoy said Friday the only way to get nuclear North Korea to disarm is for nations to “close ranks” and demand it.

The U.S. envoy on North Korea, Glyn Davies, said Washington is not averse to talking with Pyongyang. But he said the bar for resumed engagement is higher after the North scuttled an aid-for-disarmament deal more than a year ago, then conducted long-range rocket and nuclear tests and issued threats.

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