Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., “is a bit at odds with his own party” on North Korea, according to Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow on Northeast Asia for the Heritage Foundation.
In a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Kerry said the U.S. should engage the North directly in bilateral talks, on our own timetable, in order to re-start the Six-Party talks that were broken off after North Korean provocations. “[T]he best option is to consult closely with South Korea and launch bilateral talks with North Korea when we decide the time is appropriate,” Kerry said. “Fruitful talks between the U.S. and North Korea can lay the groundwork for resumption of the six-party talks.”
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