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“There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is.”

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No amount of sanctioning will persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, nor will China step up and solve the problem for us.

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You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

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