US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said the US would 'keep the door open' for N.Korea. — Reuters pic
TOKYO, Aug 6 — US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said today that the United States will not overreact to a series of missiles launches by North Korea in recent weeks and would keep the door open to talks with Pyongyang.
North Korea fired missiles into the sea off its east coast for the fourth time in less than two weeks, the South Korean military said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang protested that joint US-South Korea military drills violated diplomatic agreements.
“The key is to keep the door open for diplomacy ... we’re not going to overreact to these, but we monitor them, we watch them closely and we’re cognizant of what’s happening,” Esper told reporters traveling with him to Japan. — Reuters