Former German Foreign Minister ( )Sigmar Gabriel says.... nuclear weapons are North Korea's life insurance and it's unlikely that the regime will give them up anytime soon.
Following his trip to Pyeongyang in late March,... Gabriel told a German daily newspaper that North Korea's nuclear weapons prevent outside forces from trying to change the regime.
Saying it would take time and confidence building to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula,... the former minister added that South Korea seems to be in need of some breathing room to build trust with North Korea within UN sanctions.
During his visit to the North,... Gabriel met with North Korea's deputy director of the ruling party's international affairs department, Ri Su-yong,.... and the regime's Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho.