Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on April 18 said the weapons test that North Korea has just conducted does not include ballistic missiles. This is said to be a move to reassure the American public in the context of the third meeting of the US-Korea Summit being prepared.

Mr. Shanahan issued this confirmation several hours after North Korean media reportedly tried a new "tactical guide weapon" under the supervision of leader Kim Jong-un.

Speaking to the press, the right to Minister Shanahan said: "I will not go into details but it is not a ballistic test. This test does not change the way America views or activities about Korea. ”

Related to the resolution of the Korean nuclear issue, the US special envoy to Korea Stephen Biegu‌n and the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov recently had a constructive discussion on the process of non-nuclear North Korea. and agreed to maintain bilateral cooperation in this regard.

Notice of the US Embassy in Russia stated: During the meeting, Special Envoy Biegu‌n and Deputy Foreign Minister Morgulov discussed their own bilateral relations with Korea, along with efforts to achieve was the last, fully verifiable, non-nuclearization of Korea.

The US embassy also said that Special Envoy Biegu‌n and Deputy Minister Morgulov raised a series of issues related to North Korea that the US and Russia share the same view, and committed to maintaining dialogue to bridge for any distance on the route ahead.

Also in a development related to Korea, the North Korean Central News Agency, KCNA, on April 18 quoted the Director of the North American Department of Korean Foreign Ministry Kwon Jong gu‌n who asked the US to remove "obstacles". in the process of negotiating nuclear disarmament and calling on the US to replace Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with another chief negotiator "cautious and more mature".

The claim to replace this North Korean person did not make the United States angry. On the contrary, after the KCNA information was issued, the State Department responded. The US State Department spokesperson stated: "The US is still willing to negotiate in a constructive way with North Korea despite a somewhat incomprehensible view of each other."

Thus, it can be seen with the request to replace the negotiator and conduct a new tactical guided weapons test, observers said, this is said to be an attempt to balance the status of Korea in the talks. The judge is deadlocked by the US over the issue of dismantling North Korea’s nuclear program in exchange for removing US-led sanctions imposed on the Northeast Asian nation.

In the opposite direction, the US did not threaten North Korea but left open the possibility of continuing dialogue. In addition, with Ambassador Biegu‌n listening to Russia’s voice in the Korean issue, the United States has certain goodwill in the Korean nuclear issue, as well as demonstrating Russia’s central role. in the issue of non-nuclearization of the Korean peninsula