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goldenequity
08-16-2017, 03:22 PM
Pence asks Latin American countries to 'break all ties with N. Korea' (and the next targets?)
https://www.rt.com/usa/399819-pence-ties-north-korea/

US Vice President Mike Pence has asked Chile, Peru, Mexico and Brazil
to break diplomatic and other ties with North Korea, as part of a campaign
to pressure Pyongyang into giving up missiles and nuclear weapons.

"It's imperative that the regime in Pyongyang understand that all options are on the table,"

"Our hope is that Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Peru will join us in breaking all ties with North Korea," he said.

Latin American countries severing diplomatic ties with North Korea will "facilitate a peaceful outcome"
and show Pyongyang that "there is a cost" for defying the will of the international community, Pence said.

Chile's ambassador to China, who also represents the country in North Korea,
has not presented credentials to the government of Kim Jong-un for the past four years, Pence said,

adding that he asked Bachelet to make that break official.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned
that the possibilities of further economic pressure on North Korea have been practically exhausted.

"We can't support the ideas that some of our partners keep putting forward, which are intended to literally suffocate North Korea,"
Russia's chief diplomat told RIA Novosti, noting that the rhetoric from both Washington and Pyongyang
concerning the situation on the Korean peninsula has toned down in recent days.

Pence also praised Chile as a "shining example" of a country that "chose economic freedom decades ago"
and now is a "vibrant democracy" inspiring other Latin American countries.

The vice-president has been on a Latin American tour this week, visiting Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Colombia
to drum up support for a blockade of Venezuela.
The US has accused the government in Caracas of threatening democracy
by holding elections for a constitutional assembly.