Triggered By North Korea On The Call For Dialogue, The White House Calls The Name Of Donald Trump

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. (Wikimedia Commons / The White House)

JAKARTA - The United States government is known to have tried to contact North Korea several times since Joe Biden took office as President of the United States two months ago.

White House spokesman Biden Jen Psaki told reporters that US officials had contacted North Korea through several channels to establish communications with the country led by Kim Jong-un.

"Our goal is to reduce the risk of escalation. But until now there has been no response”, said Psaki reported by Reuters.

He did not specify what kind of escalation the United States was concerned about. But it is known that North Korea conducted six nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017.

On Monday, the White House said the chills in a relationship that began with President Donald Trump's era impacted Joe Biden's Presidency, so North Korea has so far rejected requests for dialogue.

Nuclear-armed North Korea succumbs to diplomacy with Trump, although he and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held three high-level summits and exchanged a series of letters.

Donald Trump has rejected North Korea's pleas for easing sanctions on Pyongyang unless Kim Jong-un takes steps to dismantle its nuclear program, which is clearly rejected.

Psaki said the government was consulting former US government officials who had been involved in North Korean policy from the previous administration, while also seeking input from allies of Japan and South Korea.

"This follows more than a year without active dialogue with North Korea, even though the US has made various efforts to get involved. You can all anticipate that there will be a continued expansion of engagement with partners and allies in the region", he explained.

A senior official with President Joe Biden's Administration told Reuters on Saturday there were efforts to reach the North Korean government through multiple channels starting in mid-February.

The Pentagon expressed concern earlier this month about a UN report indicating a possible reprocessing of nuclear fuel for bombs by North Korea.