US: DPRK's nuclear program can be dismantled in a year

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White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday he believed the bulk of Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear program could be dismantled within a year.

Bolton also told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Washington was going into nuclear negotiations, aware of Pyongyang’s failure to live up to its promises in the past.

“There’s not any starry-eyed feeling among the group doing this,” he said. “We’re well aware of what the North Koreans (people of the DPRK) have done in the past.”

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with US National Security Adviser John Bolton at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 27, 2018. /VCG Photo

Bolton, on the same program, also discussed concerns about Russian meddling in 2016 US elections with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin said his government did not interfere during the presidential vote.

"The election meddling issue was definitely something we talked about," Bolton told CBS. Bolton said he brought up both the 2016 election and Russian activities in upcoming congressional elections.

According to Bolton, Putin said "there was no meddling in 2016 by the Russian state."

Bolton also said he discussed Russia's annexation of Crimea with Putin.

"President Putin was pretty clear with me about it and my response was we're going to have to agree to disagree on Ukraine," he said. "That's not the position of the United States."

Source(s): Reuters