By designating Pyongyang as a sponsor of terrorism, US President Donald Trump has opened a door to potential military action aimed at denuclearising the Korean peninsula under the pretext of "not talking to terrorists," the experts told RT.
On Monday (20), Donald Trump stressed that his designation "will impose new sanctions and punitive measures against North Korea and the people involved, and supports a campaign of maximum pressure to isolate the bloody regime."
However, analysts do not think that more punitive measures against Pyongyang will help improve relations between the US and North Korea, taking into account that North Korea has been expelled from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism in 2008 as part of administration of George W. Bush to achieve progress in the negotiations for denuclearization.
Sourabh Gupta, an Asia-Pacific political scientist, told the RT that "it's just one more step in the direction of military action."
Eric Sirotkin, a human rights lawyer, believes that "the US is frustrated that it can not change what is happening in North Korea without military action."
As for the designation of the country sponsoring terrorism, the statement is almost unfounded. The only case that could support the statement is the murder of Kim Jong-un's half brother, who was killed on February 13, while Sirotkin is sure there is no evidence to include the regime on the list of sponsors of terrorism. "We may disagree with their human rights, we may believe in the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, but in fact this does not correspond to the definition," he concluded.
He added that for the US, "it is a door to avoid dialogue and diplomacy and maintain instability in the country ... It is an attempt to humiliate and isolate, and perhaps not to dialogue with Pyongyang because 'we do not deal with terrorists.'"
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